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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Placement and support for jobseekers.

Article L5312-8

…nister of Finance, and do not give rise to any remuneration.It is subject toorder no. 2005-649 of 6 June 2005 relating to contracts awarded by certain public or private persons not subject to the publ…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Title VI : CONDITIONS OF APPLICATION IN THE OVERSEAS OF THE PROVISIONS OF BOOK IV RELATING TO MARKETS

Article L761-1

…ns (EU) of the European Parliament and of the Council No 648/2012 of 4 July 2012, No 575/2013 of 26 June 2013, No 596/2014 of 16 April 2014, No 600/2014 of 15 May 2014, No 909/2014 of 23 July 2014 and…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Financial holding companies, parent companies of finance companies and investment holding companies

Article L773-12

…mber 2020 L. 517-4-3 with the exception of its second paragraph and L. 517-11-1Order 2021-796 of 23 June 2021

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Financial holding companies, parent companies of finance companies and investment holding companies

Article L774-12

…mber 2020 L. 517-4-3 with the exception of its second paragraph and L. 517-11-1Order 2021-796 of 23 June 2021

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Collection of data and information

Article A444-203

…in Article R. 444-17, with the exception of the Conseil national des barreaux, shall transmit by 30 June each year at the latest, either by secure electronic communication in an open computer format t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4°: Reporting obligations

Article 223 Q

…ebt write-offs not used to determine the overall result for financial years opened before 1 January 2019 and a statement of the adjustments provided for in Article 223 F, as well as those provided for…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5141-5-2

…l welfare. The procedures for making the declarations provided for in Article 58 of Regulation (EU) 2019/6 of 11 December 2018 are laid down by decision of the Director General of the Agence nationale…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Administrative police powers of the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (French National Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health Safety)

Article L5145-2-2

…ving obtained the prior authorisation or registration required by the provisions of Regulation (EU) 2019/6 of 11 December 2018 or this Title, or is placed on the market or used in disregard of those p…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Adoption and implementation of budgets

Article L1612-12

…the management account drawn up by the local authority's accounting officer has been submitted by 1 June of the year following the financial year. The vote of the deliberative body approving the accou…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Company diagnostic experts.

Article L813-1

…on the lists drawn up, for the information of judges, pursuant to Article 2 of Law no. 71-498 of 29 June 1971 relating to legal experts. Each court of appeal registers experts in this speciality in ac…

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