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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Technical and accounting rules.

Article A441-6

…age. They must also communicate:-the amount of the theoretical mathematical provision calculated at 31 December of the financial year just ended;-the amount of the technical provisions referred to in…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 12: Miscellaneous provisions.

Article R641-38

…ned in article L. 641-7, the liquidator shall submit at any time, at their request, and at least by 31 December each year, to the juge-commissaire and the procureur de la République a liquidation repo…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Tasks

Article R1435-17

…work of contracts awarded in accordance with public procurement rules. Articles R. 1435-30, R. 1435-31 and R. 1435-33 do not apply to such remuneration.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions applicable to sociétés d'exercice libéral.

Article R814-149

…ained under the conditions set out in articles L. 223-14 and L. 228-24 and 10 of Law no. 90-1258 of 31 December 1990, the transferee shall apply to the National Commission for Registration and Discipl…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Recording of sums calculated on the automatic audiovisual production account

Article 311-56

…311-55 the expenditure it has incurred no later than 31 January of the year…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
11°: Borrowings by départements, communes and public establishments

Article 133

…econd paragraphs, both by organisations falling within the provisions of Article 1 of the decree of 31 January 1942 issued for the application of Article 4 of the law of 28 June 1941, and on behalf of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Prescribing, ordering and dispensing procedures

Article R5139-31

…as well as the documents to be kept in accordance with articles R. 5139-29, R. 5139-30 and R. 5139-31, to the purchaser, who shall give him a discharge. In the event of the permanent closure of the d…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
XVIII: Declaration of commissions, brokerage, rebates, fees, royalties, partners' remuneration and profit shares

Article 241

…this, the declaration is filed with the body or administration designated by decree, no later than 31 January of the calendar year following that during which these sums were paid or, by derogation,…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Jurisdiction common to all commercial courts

Article L721-5

…al actions in which one of the parties is a company formed in accordance with the loi n° 90-1258 du 31 décembre 1990 relative à l'exercice sous forme de sociétés des professions libérales soumises à u…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Obligations

Article L742-5

…1223 of 14 December 2000 L. 213-6 law n° 2003-706 of 1st August 2003 L. 213-6-1 law no. 2006-387 of 31 March 2006 L. 213-6-2 order no. 2019-964 of 18 September 2019 L. 213-6-3 Order no. 2019-1067 of 2…

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