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French Commercial codeIn force
Preliminary section: The single body responsible for business formalities

Article R123-30-10

The file referred to in 2° of Article R. 123-30-9 includes:1° All the information declared;2° The supporting documents required under the legislative or regulatory provisions in force that have been d…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Preliminary section: The single body responsible for business formalities

Article R123-30-8

…professional qualifications of regulated professions not falling within the scope of Articles R. 123-1 to R. 123-30-7 may apply for recognition of their professional qualifications in accordance with…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Preliminary section: The single body responsible for business formalities

Article R123-30-12

…res data on interim computer media made available by the computer service mentioned in Article R. 123-30-9, the administrative authority responsible for implementing this service shall, at the end of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Departmental and territorial fire and rescue services

Article D1424-20-3

The gender and anti-discrimination referent and the safety and security referent are appointed jointly by the prefect and the chairman of the fire and rescue service's board of directors, for a term s…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions common to samples taken from donors over the age of majority

Article R1241-3

…nor's personal, family and professional life and the possible need for follow-up after the donation;3° The need to carry out medical biology tests, in particular to screen for certain transmissible in…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter II: General principles relating to insurance mediation

Article R512-3

…y order of the Minister responsible for the economy. II - The body is responsible for establishing, maintaining and updating the register referred to in article L. 512-1. To this end, it receives appl…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 2: Recovery.

Article 345 bis

…or circulars or the request from a taxpayer relate to the application of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 October 2013 establishing the European Union Cu…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 novodecies

…I.-I applies to buildings whose sale to a leasing company is carried out between 1 January 2021 and 30 June 2023 and is preceded by a financing agreement accepted by the lessee as of 28 September 2020…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 4: Financial contributions from municipalities, public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation and the département to the budget of the departmental and territorial fire and rescue services

Article L1424-36

Until the entry into force of the agreements provided for in articles L. 1424-13, L. 1424-14 et L. 1424-17, the minimum amount of direct and indirect expenditure relating to the staff and goods mentio…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Creation procedure

Article L2113-3

…he municipalities concerned but is made under the majority conditions provided for in Article L. 2113-2, the people on the municipal electoral rolls are consulted on the advisability of creating the n…

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