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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L3121-2-2

…on from 8° of Article L. 4211-1, in vitro diagnostic medical devices and their accessories intended to perform self-diagnostics, as defined in point 5 of Article 2 of Regulation (EU) 2017/746 of the E…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rights of persons under psychiatric care.

Article L3211-2-2

When a person is admitted for psychiatric care pursuant to Chapters II or III of this Title, he/she is subject to a period of observation and initial care in the form of full hospitalisation. Within t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter II: Tax on the profits of companies and other legal entities

Article 210 sexies

…tion provided for in article L. 225-45 du code de commerce allocated in respect of a financial year to members of the board of directors or supervisory board of sociétés anonymes is deductible from th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Lists of candidates and individual applications

Article D1441-22-2

The categories of personal data relating to the representative of the trade union or professional organisation, having obtained seats pursuant to Article R. 1441-2, that may be recorded in the automat…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Exchange of information

Article L561-29-2

When the department referred to in Article L. 561-23 receives a report made in accordance with Article L. 561-15 that concerns another Member State of the European Union, it shall forward this report…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Declarations and filings concerning legal entities

Article R123-254

…sponsabilité limitée or a société d'exercice libéral à responsabilité limitée, or the person linked to him by a civil solidarity pact or his cohabiting partner, is entered in the National Register of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Declarations and filings concerning legal entities

Article R123-259

…required by Article L. 141-12 was published; > In the case of a company operating in the retail sector, the title and date of the legal gazette in which the insertion required by Article L. 141-12 wa…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Declarations and filings concerning legal entities

Article R123-252

The following particulars relating to the legal entity are entered in the National Register of Companies, upon declaration by the company at the time of its registration: 1° The company name, followed…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Declarations and filings concerning legal entities

Article R123-261

…claration by the French public establishment of an industrial and commercial nature: 1° With regard to the legal entity: a) The information provided for in 1°, 4° and 5° of article R. 123-252 and 2° o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Declarations and filings concerning legal entities

Article R123-256

As an exception to Articles R. 123-252 to R. 123-254, when a commercial company whose registered office is located abroad is subject to the legislation of another Member State of the European Union or…

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