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Showing 97019710 of 9794 articles for Art. CJEU – C-64/21 – 13 Oct. 2022

French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Certification of accounts

Article A823-2

…sponds to the risk that the statutory auditor will not be able to detect a material misstatement. . 13. The statutory auditor reduces the audit risk to a sufficiently low level to obtain the assurance…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: CCI France

Article L711-16

…needs of the chambers to carry out their missions, their economic weight as defined in article L. 713-13 and ensuring the necessary equalisation between the chambers of commerce and industry, in part…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Provisions relating to the analysis of resolvability

Article A311-6

…f its organisation or the difficulty of assigning activities to specific entities within the group; 13° Where the assessment also covers a mixed insurance group company, the impact of the implementati…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Compulsory powers.

Article L5215-20-1

…and maintenance of charging infrastructures for electric vehicles;12° Car parks and parking areas ;13° Creation, development, maintenance and management of reception areas for Travellers and family r…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XX: National automated genetic fingerprint database and central biological sample preservation service

Article R53-14

…the regime of arms and ammunition (articles L. 2339-2, L. 2339-3, L. 2339-10, L. 2353-4 and L. 2353-13 du code de la défense; articles L. 317-1-1 and L. 317-2-1 of the Internal Security Code and artic…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Offences relating to currency.

Article R162-5

…article shall be liable, in addition to a fine in accordance with the procedures set out in Article 131-41 of the French Criminal Code, to confiscation of the item used to commit the offence or of the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Investment rules.

Article R214-32-29

…obligations foncières issued by sociétés de crédit foncier in application of 2° of I of article L. 513-2, housing finance bonds issued by sociétés de financement de l'habitat in application of I of ar…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Work permit categories and authorised professional activities

Article R5221-3

…ticle…

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In force

Article Annexe 8-1

…ing that, at the time when it appears that additional work or diligence must be carried out.Article 13Subordinate feesA statutory auditor may not accept any form of proportional or conditional remuner…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Rural equipment support

Article R3232-1-2

…s Code and the electronic transmission of data to the information system provided for in article L. 131-9 of the Environment Code;4° The development of staff training programmes;5° The establishment a…

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