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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Status of statutory auditors.

Article L822-10

The duties of a statutory auditor are incompatible:1° With any activity or any act likely to undermine its independence;2° With any salaried employment; however, a statutory auditor may provide teachi…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
IV: Natural sweet wines

Article 416

The designation of "vin doux naturel" is reserved for wines whose production is traditional and customary:Vinified directly by the harvesting producers and made exclusively from their harvests of musc…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Public land registry service

Article 881 D

I. - The rate of the real estate security contribution payable for requests for mortgage information, regardless of how they are processed, is set as follows:1° Requisitions not including the designat…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Conditions of professional competence.

Article R512-10

…referred to in 3° and 4° of I of article R. 511-2 and the employees referred to in a and c to f of 5° of the same article must provide proof of : 1° Either a professional training period of a reasona…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Employer's obligations.

Article L4121-2

…lar to limiting monotonous work and work at regular intervals and reducing their effects on health; 5° To take account of technical developments; 6° To replace what is dangerous by what is not dangero…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Financing of the insurance allowance.

Article L5422-12

…for recourse to a contract of this nature; 3° The age of the employee; 4° The size of the company; 5° the company's sector of activity. The data required to determine the number referred to in 1° of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Dispensaries

Article L6424-1

Activities falling within the remit of the Mayotte public health establishment and carried out in the Mayotte dispensaries are integrated into the public health establishment from the date set by arti…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Capital increases.

Article R225-124

…4° The special advantages stipulated by the Articles of Association for the benefit of any person; 5° The conditions for admission to shareholders' meetings and the exercise of voting rights and, whe…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions.

Article R237-2

…y the words "in liquidation";3° The amount of share capital;4° The address of the registered office;5° The information provided for in 1° and 2° of Article R. 123-237;6° The reason for the liquidation…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Rules applicable to certain issuers.

Article D213-8

…ociations thereof with share capital of which the paid-up portion is at least equal to 37,000 euros;5° Sociétés coopératives par actions with share capital of which the paid-up portion is at least equ…

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