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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Certification of accounts

Article A823-8

The professional practice standard relating to the audit procedures performed by the statutory auditor following its risk assessment, approved by the Minister of Justice, is set out below: . NEP-330.…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Terms of engagement

Article A823-29

The professional practice standard relating to the diligence of the statutory auditor concerning the management report, the other documents on the financial situation and the accounts and the informat…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Penalties and criminal liability

Article L3515-3

…reduce the effect of certain harmful components of smoke or has vitalising, energising, curative, rejuvenating, natural or organic properties or has beneficial effects on health or lifestyle;c) Resem…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Regulations and decisions

Article L621-7

…icle L. 440-1, the Autorité des marchés financiers approves the rules of clearing houses, without prejudice to the powers conferred on the Banque de France by Article L. 141-4; 6° The conditions under…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Powers

Article L5216-5

…s of community interest; promotion of tourism, including the creation of tourist offices, without prejudice to the promotion of tourism which is a shared competence, within the meaning of article L. 1…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Annex I

Article Rubrique 4

…contract to be attached in support of the mandate for payment of the balance. (6) The decision to reject an invoice from a supplier that does not comply with the obligation to dematerialise invoices…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Status of statutory auditors

Article A822-28-11

…conclusions and judgements on an objective analysis of all the data of which he is aware, without prejudice or bias". In a second paragraph, it adds that the statutory auditor "shall avoid any situati…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Determination of taxable profit

Article 217 octies

I. - For corporation tax purposes, companies may amortise, over a period of five years:1° Sums paid for cash subscriptions to the capital of innovative small or medium-sized enterprises;2° Sums paid f…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Overall effective rate.

Article R313-1

The rules relating to the overall effective rate are set out in Articles R. 314-1 to R. 314-14 of the French Consumer Code, which are reproduced below:"Art. R. 314-1. - The calculation of the overall…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Assistance for employees on part-time work

Article D5122-15

…to determine the basis for calculating the allowance and the partial activity allowance, without prejudice to the provisions of article R. 5122-11.

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