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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 6: Publication of the register

Article A123-66

Copies of the trade and companies register may be issued electronically. In this case, it is specified that only a signed document is authentic. For this issue the registrars shall comply with the pro…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R6241-22

No later than 31 December of the year preceding that in respect of which the apprenticeship tax is due, the representative of the State in the region shall publish the list, communicated by the Presid…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Single chapter: The Autorité des marchés financiers

Article L621-5-3

…ment fund, the fee payable, set by decree, is greater than €1,000 and less than or equal to €4,000; 5° For the filing with the Autorité des marchés financiers of the draft information documents and st…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General principles relating to research involving the human person

Article L1121-9

If a person likely to assist in a research project mentioned in 1° or 2° of article L. 1121-1 falls into more than one of the categories mentioned in articles L. 1121-5 to L. 1121-8, those of these pr…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Applicable procedures.

Article R5211-31

…al investigations ; 2° EC declaration of conformity ; 3° EC type-examination ; 4° EC verification ; 5° Declaration relating to custom-made medical devices.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Combating the presence of lead

Article L1334-6

The report referred to in article L. 1334-5 is produced when all or part of a residential building built before 1st January 1949 is sold, in accordance with the terms and conditions set out in article…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter II: Rules specific to public contracts for rail passenger transport services

Article R2522-1

The public contracts mentioned in 4° of Article L. 2512-5, insofar as they relate to the public passenger transport service by rail, are governed, for their award and performance, by Decree no. 2019-1…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: PROCEDURE BEFORE THE FRENCH OFFICE FOR THE PROTECTION OF REFUGEES AND APATRIDS

Article R531-35

When, in the cases and under the conditions set out in article L. 531-41, the interested party intends to submit a request for reconsideration, he or she must make a new application for registration w…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Reference perimeter and authorisation for installation within this perimeter

Article R761-12

Any person wishing to carry out a project subject to authorisation pursuant to article L. 761-5 shall send their application to the prefect by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, by dep…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Due diligence on the part of project owners and principals

Article R1263-12

The project owner or client who has a contract with an employer established outside France shall request the following documents from his co-contractor before the start of each posting of one or more…

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