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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Company accounts

Article A232-1

The currency used for the corporate income tax report provided for in Article L. 232-6 is that used to prepare the company's annual financial statements.

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Inspection of permanent electrical installations

Article R4226-20

…4223-19 and the inspection reports may be kept under the conditions provided for in article L. 8113-6.

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Administrative, accounting and financial management of the personal training account

Article R6333-12

The fund referred to in the first paragraph of article L. 6333-6 is subject to the financial management and accounting rules applicable to industrial and commercial companies.

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Taking holiday

Article R7213-8

…r he accepts or refuses the replacement proposed by the employee, as referred to in article L. 7213-6.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Obligations relating to insider lists

Article L451-4

Pursuant to the second paragraph of Article 18(6) of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on market abuse (Market Abuse Regulation) and repealing…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Extemporaneous preparation and retail sale.

Article L5442-9

…t and a fine of 30,000 euros for the legal representative of a group referred to in article L. 5143-6 : 1° Purchasing, holding or supplying veterinary medicinal products to members of the group withou…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Use of a third party to carry out certain due diligence procedures

Article R561-13

The third party referred to in Article L. 561-7 shall forward without delay to the persons referred to in 1° to 6° of Article L. 561-2 the information gathered in connection with the implementation of…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L132-5

…proportional to the operating revenue or, in the cases provided for in articles L. 131-4 and L. 132-6, a flat fee.

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Publication of the acts of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée and its Chairman

Article A112-34

…decisions of the Chairman of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée mentioned in 5° and 6° of…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Subsection 3: Seizure in the hands of a third party

Article R221-24

…zure operations, the bailiff shall verbally remind him of the content of the mentions in 3°, 5° and 6° of article…

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