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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter V: Consolidated and combined financial statements

Article L345-2

…Article L. 310-1 and having their registered office in France, the undertakings mentioned in 1° of III of Article L. 310-1-1, the insurance group companies defined in Article L. 322-1-2 and the mixed…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
VIII bis: Exemption for capital gains realised on the sale of a sole proprietorship or a complete branch of activity

Article 238 quindecies

…industrial, craft, liberal or agricultural activity on the occasion of the transfer of a sole proprietorship or a complete branch of activity other than those mentioned in V are exempt for:1° The whol…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Exempt transactions

Article 262 ter

…or where the recapitulative statement he has filed does not contain the information referred to in II of the same Article 289 B, unless he can duly justify his failure to do so to the administration.…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: The "portage salarial" company

Article L1254-26

…rantee ensuring, in the event of default on its part, payment of: 1° Salaries and related benefits; 2° Indemnities resulting from this chapter; 3° Compulsory contributions due to social security bodie…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Accounting obligations applicable to certain traders.

Article L123-28-1

…tural persons mentioned in the second paragraph of article L. 123-16-1 may not draw up a balance sheet and profit and loss account if they do not employ any employees and have registered their total a…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 2: In-depth assessment

Article D1-10-2

The in-depth assessment is updated during the course of the procedure in the event of the emergence of new elements among those mentioned in article D. 1er-3.

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article L3451-2

…ter management of municipalities located within the territory of the départements of Essonne, Seine-et-Marne, Val-d'Oise and Yvelines, under the conditions set out in an agreement with the municipalit…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Monthly statement of employment contracts

Article D1221-29

…each month, the employer must send the DARES (Direction de l'animation de la recherche, des études et des statistiques) a statement of the employment contracts concluded or terminated during the prev…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Role of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé.

Article R1221-26

The Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé provides the Etablissement français du sang and the centre de transfusion sanguine des armées with information relating to the s…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 6: Conditions for authorisation

Article R1261-29

…ent's research programme, the evaluation report by the Haut Conseil de l'évaluation de la recherche et de l'enseignement supérieur (High Council for the Evaluation of Research and Higher Education).

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