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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Information on business papers.

Article R123-237

…r followed by the words: "entrepreneur individuel à responsabilité limitée" or the initials: "EIRL";9° If it is a sole trader covered by the status defined in Section 3 of Chapter VI of Title II of Bo…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Conditions for admission to the profession

Article L775-3

…n the right-hand column of the same table: Articles applicable In the wording resulting from L. 511-9 and L. 511 10 Order no. 2021-796 of 23 June 2021 L. 511-11 Ordinance no. 2014-158 of 20 February 2…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Harvesting haematopoietic cells from bone marrow or peripheral blood from a minor donor

Article R1241-13

By way of derogation from articles R. 1241-9 to R. 1241-12, when the removal of haematopoietic cells collected from bone marrow is envisaged from a minor for the benefit of one of his or her parents,…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article L3334-1

…ount corresponding to the reductions in allocations to be provided for in 2023 pursuant to Article 199-1 of Law no. 2004-809 of 13 August 2004 relating to local freedoms and responsibilities. In 2017,…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to investment firms and credit institutions providing investment services

Article D533-15-1

…omplex financial instruments defined in accordance with Article 57 of Commission Regulation (EU) No 2017/565 of 25 April 2016 supplementing Directive 2014/65/EU as regards organisational requirements…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article R441-2-2

…he nine financial years preceding it, without including the financial years closed before 1 January 2017;4° A clear and unambiguous explanation of whether, in the light of the conditions set out in th…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter V: The adversarial procedure prior to decision-making

Article 67 A

…hall take place in accordance with the procedures set out in paragraph 6 of Article 22 and Article 29 of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 October 2013 lay…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Ia: Territoriality

Article 259 B

Notwithstanding Article 259, the place of supply of the following services is deemed not to be in France when they are provided to a non-taxable person who is not established or does not have his domi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Conditions for the extension of agreements.

Article L2261-19

…es, must have been negotiated and concluded within the joint committee mentioned in article L. 2232-9. This committee is made up of representatives of representative employers' and employees' trade un…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Vaccinations.

Article L3111-2

…Hepatitis B virus; 7° Against invasive pneumococcal infections;8° Against serogroup C meningococcus;9° Against measles;10° Against mumps;11° Against rubella. II.Persons with parental authority or who…

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