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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Procedure

Article R824-18

…n or by his counsel within eight clear days of receipt of the summons referred to in Article R. 824-16. It must state the reasons for the challenge and, where appropriate, be accompanied by supporting…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section VIII: Income tax deducted at source

Article 204 J

…the advance payment taken into account is the amount of the payments made in application of article 1663 C on the date of the application for modulation, to which are added the payments which would be…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
3. Director.

Article R1142-52

The Director is appointed by decree on a proposal from the Minister for Health, for a renewable three-year term.He is responsible for managing the institution. He performs all acts that are not reserv…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Content and transmission of declarations

Article R561-31

I. - When drawn up in writing, the declaration referred to in Article L. 561-15 shall be made using a form, the details of which shall be determined by order of the Minister for the Economy.This decla…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Treatment of credit institutions, finance companies, electronic money institutions, payment institutions and investment firms in difficulty

Article R784-11

…17 of 3 March 2010R. 613-14n° 2021-941 of 15 July 2021R. 613-15n° 2013-978 of 30 October 2013R. 613-16no. 2014-1315 of 3 November 2014R. 613-17n° 2005-1007 of 2 August 2005R. 613-18, with the exceptio…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Pre-contractual information

Article L224-3

…ed for in article L. 122-1 of the Energy Code and the methods of contentious settlement of disputes;16° The conditions provided for in article L. 124-1 of the Energy Code to benefit from the energy ch…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope of application.

Article L2411-1

…for in ar…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Organisation of the National Institute of Industrial Property

Article R411-1

…de, as well as the management of the IT service referred to in Article R. 123-30-9 of the same code;16° The recording and, where applicable, the storage and return of envelopes intended to facilitate…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Expenditure

Article L3664-1

…tatives referred to in article L. 3123-12 as well as contributions to the fund set up by article L. 1621-2 ;3° Contributions to the general social security scheme pursuant to article L. 3123-20-2 and…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Expenditure

Article L5217-12-1

…icle L. 151-40 of the rural and maritime fishing code for which metropolitan France is responsible; 16° Levies and contributions established by the laws on metropolitan property and revenue; 17° Expen…

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