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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Organisation and operation.

Article R2324-28

…the organisation of meetings for staff.II-Any collective childcare establishment covered by 1° and 2° of II of Article R. 2324-17 includes one or more reception units, under the conditions set out in…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Defence of investors

Article L764-11

…be brought before the Court of First Instance of the registered office of the company in question"; 2° In Article L. 452-2: a) In the first paragraph, the words: "bring an action for damages before an…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Establishment of location surveys and reports

Article R1334-21

…ing for the presence of list B materials and products that are accessible without destructive work; 2° Identifying and locating materials and products containing asbestos; 3° Assessing the state of co…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter I: Internal taxes.

Article 266 decies

(1) (Repealed)2. The persons mentioned in 2 of I of article 266 sexies, members of the air quality monitoring organisations provided for by article 3 of law no. 96-1236 of 30 December 1996 on air and…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Administration of establishments in the network of chambers of commerce and industry

Article A712-2

The overall monthly allowance for office expenses that the General Meeting of CCI France and of each territorial and regional chamber of commerce and industry may allocate to the members of its bureau…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: How formalities are carried out

Article 661

The competent public accountants are also forbidden: 1° (Paragraph repealed). 2° From registering protests of negotiable instruments, without having these instruments represented to them in due form.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1b: Special provisions applicable to beneficiaries of the insurance allowance following resignation

Article L5426-1-2

…erogation from article L. 5421-3, during the period of implementation of the project referred to in 2° of II of article L. 5422-1, the job-seeking condition required to benefit from the insurance allo…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1a: Declaration of the manufacture, import and distribution of excipients

Article R5138-2-1

…stablishment which carries out the activity of manufacturing, importing or distributing excipients; 2° The name and position of the declarant; 3° The nature of the activity or activities subject to de…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Organisation and powers.

Article L411-2

The powers of the Comité Consultatif de la Législation et de la Réglementation Financières are set out in Article L. 614-2 of the Monetary and Financial Code, which reads as follows: "Art. L. 614-2 -T…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-subparagraph 1: Declarations for registration purposes

Article R123-260

…ing; f) For each legal entity that is a member of the grouping, the information provided for in 1°, 2° and 4° of Article R. 123-244 and, where applicable, the unique identification number of these ent…

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