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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Certification of accounts

Article A823-18-1

…is that set out in the international accounting standards adopted by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2238/2004 of 29 December 2004, in particular the part of its appendix IAS 24 entitled "Purpose of re…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter V: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN FRENCH POLYNESIA

Article R365-4

…oreign national's lawyer and the foreign national him/herself may ask to be heard at the hearing. " 22° In Article R. 342-18, the second sentence is deleted and the second paragraph reads as follows:…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Exemptions and special schemes.

Article 208 C

…rective 2000/12/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Council Directive 93/22/EEC, whose share capital is not less than EUR 15 million, whose main purpose is the acquisition o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Certification of accounts

Article A823-15

…s, to use computer-assisted control techniques or to implement more detailed analytical procedures. 22. In addition to the responses to the assessment of the risk of material misstatement due to fraud…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable income

Article 158

…cket of the income tax scale.The allowance indicated in the second paragraph may not be less than €422, without being able to exceed the gross amount of the pensions and retirements. This provision ap…

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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 Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Inventions by civil servants and public officials.

Article Annexe art. R611-14-1

…e lecturers covered by article 54, paragraph 2, of law no. 84-52 of 26 January 1984 and law no. 85-1223 of 22 November 1985.-research assistants governed by decree no. 85-402 of 3 April 1985 amended b…

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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 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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