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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Seasonal or occasional care establishments and services

Article R2324-49-3

…24-10. The provisions of the previous paragraph apply without prejudice to those of article R. 2324-18, when the establishment also welcomes children under the age of six under the conditions set out…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Statutory audit, other engagements and services performed by statutory auditors

Article R823-21-2

The statutory auditor who, pursuant to III of article L. 823-18, applying to be authorised to exceed the ceiling on fees provided for in II of the same article shall send the bureau of the High Counci…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Fees for procedures

Article A444-22

…to the collection of an additional session fee under the conditions provided for in article A. 444-18 : NUMBER OF THE SERVICE (table 3-1 of article appendix 4-7) NAME OF THE SERVICE PERFORMANCE PERIO…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Inspection of temporary electrical installations

Article R4226-21

The provisions of Articles R. 4222-18 to R. 4222-20 apply to temporary electrical installations. For these installations, the employer applies a specific verification process to ensure that they are b…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Tourist municipalities.

Article L133-11

…the General Local Authorities Code, in its version prior to article 150 of law no. 2015-1785 of 29 December 2015 on finance for 2016, from the additional allocation or the special allocation identifi…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Scope of application

Article 260 CA

…ffect on the first day of the month in which it is exercised. It must cover a period expiring on 31 December of the second year following that in which it was exercised. It is renewed by tacit agreeme…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Medical professions.

Article L4421-14

…system. Article L. 4151-2 is applicable there in the version resulting from Law No. 2022-1616 of 23 December 2022 on the financing of social security for 2023.Article L. 4151-4 is applicable in the te…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter II: WORKS

Article R2412-1

…ng to the extractive industries and Section C relating to manufacturing industry of Decree no. 2007-1888 of 26 December 2007 approving the nomenclatures of French activities and products;2° Power gene…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Practice as a company

Article R422-42

…ed by the mentions provided for in the first paragraph of Article 2 of the aforementioned Law of 31 December 1990.They must also indicate the address of its registered office, the mention of its regis…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Ordinary powers of investigation

Article L512-21

…of that which they have collected or exchanged pursuant to Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 of 16 December 2002, as amended, on the implementation of the rules on competition laid down in Articles 8…

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