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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Certification of accounts

Article A823-2

…rried out by several statutory auditors, approved by the Minister of Justice, is shown below: . NEP-200. Principles applicable to the audit of accounts carried out within the framework of the certific…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Compulsory expenditure

Article L2321-2

…ebt; 31° Expenditure occasioned by the application of the provisions of articles 2 and 3 of Law no. 2000-614 of 5 July 2000 relating to the reception and housing of Travellers; 32° Discharge of debts…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Written agreements

Article L441-7

I.-The contract concluded between a supplier and a distributor relating to the design and production of food products in a manner that meets the specific needs of the purchaser and sold under a distri…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Departmental mining fee

Article 1587

…aselines, the one closest to the coast is used;1° ter (Repealed with effect from 1 January 2018);1° quater (Repealed with effect from 1 January 2002).2° The rates of the departmental mining royalty ap…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Appendices

Article Annexe II

…C)180-4003.5 mmE=31010 [W m-2]See eye exposure limitsVisible and IRA400-7003.5 mmE = 21011 [W m-2]H=200CA[J m-2]H = 1.1104CA t0.25[Jm2]E = 2103CA [W m-2]700 -1400E = 21011CA [W m-2]IRBandIRC1400-1500E…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter I: Internal taxes.

Article 266 sexies

…ny person who ships waste or has waste shipped to another State pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2006 on shipments of waste;2. Any oper…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Distribution of resources

Article 1379-0 bis

…publication of the aforementioned law no. 99-586 of 12 July 1999 which rejected before 31 December 2001 the application, as of 1 January 2002, of article 1609 nonies C;2° Communities of communes with…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
18°: Parent companies

Article 145

…s and to the prudential supervision of credit institutions and investment firms, amending Directive 2002/87/EC and repealing Directives 2006/48/EC and 2006/49/EC, as well as investment firms authorise…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Dotation de soutien à l'investissement des départements (Departmental investment support grant)

Article L3334-10

…te in the region plans to implement with regard to the allocation for the current financial year. I quater. Ic - The representative of the State in the region or in the local authority governed by Art…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Compulsory taxable transactions

Article 256

…quisitions take place in France, or in application of paragraph 1 of Article 3 of Council Directive 2006/112/EC of 28 November 2006 on the common system of value added tax when these intra-Community a…

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