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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Establishment of location surveys and reports

Article R1334-22

I.-"Identification of list C materials and products containing asbestos" means the task of : 1° Searching for the presence of List C materials and products; 2° Searching for the presence of any other…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Appeals to the Paris Court of Appeal against decisions of the Competition Authority.

Article R464-22

Applications for a stay of execution provided for in articles L. 464-7 and L. 464-8 shall be brought by summons before the First President of the Paris Court of Appeal, in accordance with the procedur…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Use of the vocational training account

Article R4163-22

For each training course financed under the personal training account supplemented by the professional prevention account under 1° of I of article L. 4163-7, the Caisse des dépôts et consignations pro…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Storage or handling of flammable substances

Article R4216-22

…are to be stored or handled, as well as materials in a physical state likely to give rise to risks of explosion or instantaneous ignition, must have appropriate permanent ventilation.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Obligations of discretion, secrecy and confidentiality

Article R8124-22

Subject to the duty of professional discretion, employees of the labour inspection system shall refrain from disclosing to anyone who does not have the right to know any information of which they beco…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Investment services providers

Article L775-22

I.-Subject to the provisions of II and III, the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, in the wording indicated in the right-hand c…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Hygiene of buildings and built-up areas.

Article L1331-22

Any premises, facility, immovable property or group of premises, facilities or immovable property, whether vacant or not, that constitutes, either by itself or due to the conditions in which it is occ…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Obligations of the insurer and the insured.

Article L172-22

In the event of receivership or compulsory liquidation of the insured, the insurer may, if the formal notice has not been followed by payment, cancel the current policy, but the cancellation shall hav…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2nd Subsection: Treatment of losses and capital losses incurred by the company before joining or after leaving the group

Article 223 I

1. a) Losses incurred by a group company in respect of financial years prior to its entry into the group may only be offset against its profits, subject to the limits and conditions set out in the thi…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2nd Subsection: Treatment of losses and capital losses incurred by the company before joining or after leaving the group

Article 223 K

If a subsidiary company leaves the group, the deficit declared by it in respect of a financial year subsequent to its leaving the group does not constitute, for the application of the provisions of ar…

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