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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Educational and financial review

Article R6352-23

…res defined in the second paragraph, to the ministry responsible for vocational training, before 30 April each year. This report may be sent by electronic means using the teleservice provided for in a…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Subsidiaries, holdings and controlled companies

Article L233-28-2

I.-Any commercial company that is neither a micro-enterprise, within the meaning of Article L. 123-16-1, nor a small business, within the meaning of Article L. 123-16, and which is controlled, within…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article D775-21

…ght-hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeD. 533-2-1n° 2007-904 of 15 May 2007D. 533-3 to D. 533-5No. 2017-1324 of 6 September 2017D. 533-11 with the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Adoption and implementation of budgets

Article L1612-2

If the budget is not adopted before 15 April of the financial year to which it applies, or before 30 April of the year of the renewal of the deliberative bodies, the State representative in the depart…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Pharmaceutical products

Article L5541-2

…5311-1 is applicable in New Caledonia and French Polynesia in the version resulting from Order no. 2022-1086 of 29 July 2022.Article L. 5312-3 is applicable there in the version resulting fromOrder n…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Electronic money institutions

Article L775-20

…d in the right-hand column of the same table: Articles applicable In the wording resulting from L. 526-1 to L. 526-4 Law no. 2013-100 of 28 January 2013 L. 526-5 Order no. 2013-544 of 27 June 2013 L.…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter IV: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN THE WALLIS AND FUTUNA ISLANDS

Article L284-2

…pplicable locally and in compliance with the powers of the Wallis and Futuna Islands collectivity ; 2° This Book does not govern the entry and residence of nationals of the Republic of Iceland, the Pr…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter IV: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN THE WALLIS AND FUTUNA ISLANDS

Article R154-2

…Futuna Islands: 1° The references to the mayor are replaced by the reference to the district chief; 2° The references to the judicial court are replaced by the reference to the court of first instance…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Registration

Article A822-21

…a Member State of the European Union shall send the Keeper of the Seals, Minister of Justice, by 30 April at the latest, a file in duplicate comprising the documents mentioned in article A. 822-20. Th…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Pre-contractual information

Article L224-27

…nsofar as it concerns a service they provide: 1° The information mentioned in articles L. 111-1, L. 221-5 and, where applicable, L. 221-8 and L. 221-11 ; 2° The information mentioned in article L. 224…

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