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French General Tax CodeIn force
4: Determining taxable income

Article 31

…operating and management costs in proportion to the assets mentioned in a of 1° of II of article L. 214-81 of the Monetary and Financial Code held directly or indirectly by the fund, excluding variabl…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Innovation mutual funds

Article L214-30

…d liability company shares and current account advances, as defined in I and 1° of II of article L. 214-28, which grant subscribers of equity securities only the rights resulting from their status as…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R2651-1

…r 2018, unless otherwise specified in the table below.APPLICABLE PROVISIONSAS THEY STANDIn Book IR. 2100-1In Title IR. 2111-1 to R. 2111-2R. 2111-4 to R. 2112-12R. 2112-13Resulting from Decree no. 201…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R2661-1

…r 2018, unless otherwise specified in the table below.APPLICABLE PROVISIONSAS THEY STANDIn Book IR. 2100-1In Title IR. 2111-1 to R. 2111-2R. 2111-4 to R. 2112-12R. 2112-13Resulting from Decree no. 201…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R2671-1

…r 2018, unless otherwise specified in the table below.APPLICABLE PROVISIONSAS THEY STANDIn Book IR. 2100-1In Title IR. 2111-1 to R. 2111-2R. 2111-4 to R. 2112-12R. 2112-13Resulting from Decree no. 201…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R2681-1

…r 2018, unless otherwise specified in the table below.APPLICABLE PROVISIONSAS THEY STANDIn Book IR. 2100-1In Title IR. 2111-1 to R. 2111-2R. 2111-4 to R. 2112-12R. 2112-13Resulting from Decree no. 201…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Financial penalties

Article L5461-9

…ion (EU) 2017/745 to the maintenance and quality control obligations provided for under Article L. 5212-1 of this Code;11° The fact that a manufacturer of medical devices and their accessories, or an…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Organisation and supplementary content of the economic, social and environmental database

Article R2312-8

In the absence of an agreement as provided for in Article L. 2312-21, in undertakings with fewer than three hundred employees, the database provided for in Article L. 2312-18 includes the following in…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Certification of accounts

Article A823-7

…ory auditor may have planned to call upon for the purposes of the engagement. Documentation of work 21. The statutory auditor shall document in his work file: a) The main elements of the exchanges of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Certification of accounts

Article A823-8

…the year-end. Audit procedures independent of the assessment of the risks of material misstatement 21. Independently of the assessment of the risk of material misstatement, the statutory auditor shal…

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