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Showing 18611870 of 56154 articles for Art. 413-6 · C. com. Art. L 121-5 · Cass. 1re civ. 25 November 1986 · Cass. com. 21 October 2014 n° 13-22.428

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Installation and operation

Article R5126-25

For advanced therapy medicinal products, including those prepared on an ad hoc basis as referred to in 4° and 5° of the I of Article R. 5126-9, the in-house pharmacy may organise, on the basis of an a…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Composition and mandate of employee representatives

Article R1233-25

The committee responsible for health, safety and working conditions referred to in E of II of Article L. 1233-5 is made up of the Director General of the Agence nationale de la cohésion des territoire…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Financial and accounting system

Article R411-21

Revenue and imprest accounts may be set up within the institution under the conditions laid down by Decree no. 2019-798 of 26 July 2019, as amended, relating to the revenue and imprest accounts of pub…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Worker information and training

Article R4452-21

When lasers of the classes mentioned in 9° of Article R. 4452-8, the employer must ensure that he or his employees have the appropriate skills to carry out the following tasks under his responsibility…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R61-25

When it decides to admit a person to a measure involving placement under mobile electronic surveillance, the sentence enforcement court shall notify the person of the conditions under which the measur…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions

Article A712-25

In order to individualise certain activities, in particular economic activities, the budgets and accounts are divided into main budget departments, themselves grouping together secondary departments a…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section IV: Taxable persons - Place of taxation

Article 218

Subject to the provisions of a to f of I of Article 219, corporation tax is assessed under a single rating in the name of the legal entity or association for all of its taxable activities in France. I…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Investment ratios

Article R214-25

I. - Investments in units or shares of FIAs governed by French law or established in other Member States of the European Union or in other States party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area,…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-sub-paragraph 2: Declarations for the purposes of amending or cancelling registration

Article R123-250

In the event of the death of the natural person, upon declaration by the heirs and universal successors, the removal from the National Register of Companies shall be mentioned therein with an indicati…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-subparagraph 3: Filings attached to the National Register of Companies

Article R123-251

The following must be filed by the natural person in the appendix to the National Register of Companies: 1° A copy of the business project support contract for the creation or takeover of an economic…

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