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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Subsidiaries, holdings and controlled companies.

Article R233-12

…ed profit and loss account drawn up in accordance with a model established by a regulation of the Autorité des normes comptables (French accounting standards authority) shows at least the net amount o…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Foreign investment subject to authorisation

Article R151-12

In the event of an emergency, exceptional circumstances or an imminent threat to public order, public safety or national defence, the Minister may impose a measure provided for in I or II of Article L…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: COMMUNE SECTION

Article R2411-12

The special trade union committee authorises the chairman to bring the initial action, the appeals, and to sign any request for withdrawal or settlement intended to bring the legal action to an end.Th…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4b: Levy on fixed-income investment income

Article 125 A

…posits, guarantees and current accounts, as well as interest paid in respect of sums made available to the company of which they are a partner or shareholder and held in an individual blocked account,…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Formation without a public offer or with a public offer referred to in 1° or 2° of Article L. 411-2 of the Monetary and Financial Code or in Article L. 411-2-1 of the Monetary and Financial Code.

Article L225-12

Where no public offer is made, or where a public offer mentioned in 1° or 2° of Article L. 411-2 of the Monetary and Financial Code or article L. 411-2-1 of the same code, the provisions of subsection…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions specific to the ruling on the application to extend detention

Article L743-12

In the event of a breach of the formalities prescribed by law on pain of nullity or failure to observe essential formalities, the liberty and custody judge to whom an application on this ground is mad…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 728-12

Any sentencing decision transmitted pursuant to this chapter for the purposes of recognition and enforcement on French territory or that of another Member State or any request for transit shall be acc…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 6: Nature of the continuous assessment of knowledge leading to the brevet d'Etat d'éducateur sportif à trois degrés (three-degree state diploma for sports instructors) during training under the responsibility of the Minister for Sport

Article A212-129

The training leading to the three-stage "brevet d'Etat d'éducateur sportif" by continuous assessment of knowledge, during a course under the responsibility of the Minister for Sport, is subject to the…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 3: Surrender of foreign nationals with long-term resident status - EU

Article R621-12

…erm resident - EU status is withdrawn, the administrative authority shall inform the State referred to in article R. 621-10 that consulted it of its decision, so that it can notify the person concerne…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter III: Obligations of the insurer and the insured.

Article L113-12

…contract and the conditions of cancellation, in particular the right of the insurer and the insured to cancel the contract every year, are set out in the policy. However, the insured has the right to…

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