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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Financial reporting requirements

Article L451-1-2

…al year.This annual financial report must be made available to the public for ten years, in accordance with the procedures set out in the general regulations of the Autorité des marchés financiers. It…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Compulsory expenditure

Article L2321-2

…he town hall or, if the municipality does not own one, the rental of a house or hall to take its place; 2° Office and printing costs for the municipality's service and the costs of conserving the muni…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determining taxable income

Article 83

…benefits in money or in kind granted:1° Social security contributions, including:a) Old-age insurance contributions paid in exercise of the redemption options provided for in articles L. 351-14-1 of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General principles relating to research involving the human person

Article L1121-4

…the relevant Committee for the Protection of Individuals shall forward all relevant information concerning this research to the competent authority without delay. Where the research referred to in 2°…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Companies with fifty or more employees.

Article L2143-3

…a trade union section, appoints from among the candidates in the professional elections who have received in a personal capacity and in their college at least 10% of the votes cast in the first round…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Manufacturing and wholesale distribution.

Article L5124-11

A pharmaceutical establishment exporting a medicinal product must ask the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé to certify that it holds the authorisation referred to in…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5121-5

…port, export, wholesale distribution and brokering of medicinal products, as well as pharmacovigilance, must be carried out in accordance with good practice, the principles of which are defined by dec…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Criminal penalties

Article L5461-2

I.-If the manufacturer of a device referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017 or, where applicable, its authorised representativ…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 5: Simplified accounting presentation.

Article D123-200

…the application of articles L. 123-16 and L. 123-16-1:1° In the case of micro-enterprises, the balance sheet total is set at 350,000 euros, the net turnover at 700,000 euros and the average number of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: National gendarmerie units

Article R15-23

The categories of national gendarmerie units within which officers and agents of the judicial police carry out their usual duties and whose jurisdiction extends to the area of responsibility of one or…

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