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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Appeals

Article D1251-1

…s, are as follows: 1° Forestry operations ; 2° Ship repair; 3° Removals; 4° Hotels and restaurants; 5° Leisure and holiday centres; 6° Professional sports; 7° Entertainment, cultural activities, audio…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Drawing up and updating the national list of medical accident experts.

Article R1142-31-2

When the Commission receives an application from an expert to renew his registration, in addition to the conditions mentioned in article R. 1142-30-1, the rapporteur(s) appointed shall check that his…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Commencement and conduct of secondary insolvency proceedings

Article R692-1

…shment or establishments located on French territory and of the assets located on French territory; 5° The number of employees employed in the establishment or establishments located on French territo…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Master plans, sector plans and regional plans for the organisation of missions

Article D711-41

…mation;2° Training, education and employment;3° Support for territories;4° Management of facilities;5° Representation of businesses.They are drawn up by the regional chambers of commerce and industry…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Formation, registration and commencement of business of the company.

Article R743-32

…in another company that directly or indirectly exercises a regulated legal or judicial profession; 5° Where one or more partners are required to take out a loan and the company is applying for their…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Publicity of budgets and accounts

Article R2313-1

…taxation/population; 3° Real operating revenue/population; 4° Gross capital expenditure/population; 5° Outstanding debt/population; 6° Overall operating allocation/population. In municipalities of 10,…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 9: Obligations where there is a high risk of money laundering or terrorist financing

Article R561-20-2

The persons mentioned in Article L. 561-2 shall define and implement procedures, adapted to the money laundering and terrorist financing risks to which they are exposed, enabling them to determine whe…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: French overseas departments note-issuing bank (IEDOM)

Article D721-6

The declarations referred to in Article R. 721-5 shall specify, for the purpose of identifying the account and safe-deposit box holders:1° For natural persons, their surname, first names, date and pla…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Exercise of control

Article R784-6

I. - Are applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, subject to the adaptations mentioned in II, the provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below, in the wording in…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Exemption authorisation for young people undergoing vocational training

Article R4153-39

…ciale et des Familles ; b) The establishments and services for assistance through work mentioned in 5° of I of this article; c) The pre-orientation centres mentioned in article R. 5213-2 of the Labour…

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