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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Certification of accounts

Article A823-27-1

…statutory auditor is exempt from performing the due diligence and reports mentioned in articles L. 223-19, L. 223-27, L. 223-34, L. 223-42, L. 225-40, L. 225-42, L. 225-88, L. 225-90, L. 225-103, L.…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Terms of engagement

Article A823-28

…l Code in order to identify any deliberations or decisions that may have an impact on the accounts. 22. It may also consider it useful to implement other procedures such as inspections of records or d…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Annex I

Article Rubrique 2

…the civil service, transfer, secondment, etc. (6) This refers to the implementation of article L. 1224-3 of the French Labour Code, for the period preceding either the employee's new contract or dism…

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

Article R2312-9

…r workstation (37); Number of employees exposed to cold and heat within the meaning of articles R. 4223-13 to R. 4223-15; Number of employees exposed to extreme temperatures within the meaning of Arti…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title X: Legal costs

Article A43-9

…bank details), request received on paper, by fax or in any electronic form. 3.06 € 4.59 € MA 21 MA 22MA 23 History of allocation of a call number, SIM card number or subscriber identifier (IMSI numbe…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Setting occupational exposure limit values

Article R4412-149

…68 400 - - - Isobutyl acetate 203-745-1 110-19-0 241 50 - 723 150 - - Comes into force on 1 March 2022 Isopentyl acetate 204-662-3 123-92-2 270 50 - 540 100 - - - 2-Butoxyethyl acetate 203-933-3 112-0…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Status of statutory auditors

Article A822-28-11

…ot affected. >. 21. Article 5 of the Code of Ethics sets out the principle laid down in article L. 822-10 (1°) of the French Commercial Code, which states that "the duties of a statutory auditor are i…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
ANNEX TO BOOK IV

Article

…ernational Film Festival; -Nijmegen Go Short Festival; -Amsterdam Documentary Film Festival (IDFA); 22° Poland:-Krakow International Short Film and Documentary Festival; 23° Portugal:Espinho Internati…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section V: Calculation of tax

Article 219

…ecurities qualifying for the parent company regime or, where their cost price is at least equal to €22,800,000, which meet the conditions qualifying for this regime other than holding at least 5% of t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
APPENDICES TO PART ONE

Article Annexe 13-8

…relation to their daughter products, using the same exemption value. Parent radionuclide Progeny Ra-224 Rn-220, Po-216, Pb-212, Bi-212, Tl-208 (0.36), Po-212 (0.64) Ra-226 Rn-222, Po-218, Pb-214, Bi-2…

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