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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2a: First appearance

Article D32-1-1

…for the purposes of remanding the person under investigation in custody fills in an individual notice containing information relating to the facts for which the person is being prosecuted, his or her…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: The company pension savings plan

Article D224-12-1

…up within twelve months. The plan regulations specify the composition of this committee and the procedures for appointing its members by the member undertakings. When a joint supervisory committee ha…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10: Special provisions.

Article R5141-123-11

The Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail shall notify the interested party of his decision with regard to the proven or po…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Accounting obligations applicable to all traders.

Article L123-16

…following three thresholds, the level and calculation methods of which are set by decree, are not exceeded: the balance sheet total, the net turnover or the average number of employees during the peri…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Accounting obligations applicable to all traders.

Article L123-19

…must be valued separately. No offsetting may be made between asset and liability items in the balance sheet or between expense and income items in the income statement, except in exceptional cases pr…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Accounting obligations applicable to all traders.

Article L123-17

Except in exceptional cases, in order to give a true and fair view of the assets and liabilities, financial position and profit or loss of the company, and under the conditions laid down by a regulati…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Accounting obligations applicable to all traders.

Article L123-18

…orded at their acquisition cost, goods acquired free of charge at their market value and goods produced at their production cost. For fixed assets, the values used in the inventory must, where applica…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Accounting obligations applicable to all traders.

Article L123-12

…his business. These movements are recorded chronologically. It must check by inventory, at least once every twelve months, the existence and value of the assets and liabilities of the company's asset…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Accounting obligations applicable to all traders.

Article L123-15

The balance sheet, profit and loss account and notes to the accounts must include as many headings and items as are necessary to give a true and fair view of the company's assets and liabilities, fina…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Accounting obligations applicable to all traders.

Article L123-14

…in this article, additional information must be provided in the notes to the accounts. If, in an exceptional case, the application of an accounting requirement proves inadequate to give a true and fa…

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