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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Mediation.

Article 131-2

…ediation concerns all or part of the dispute. Under no circumstances does it relieve the judge, who may at any time take any other measures he deems necessary.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
E: Special rebates

Article 1398 A

…pings of municipalities with their own tax system on non-built properties classified in the 2nd and 6th categories defined in article 18 of the ministerial instruction of 31 December 1908 and included…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution.

Article L310-25-2

…of another Member State of the European Union, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution may request information on the conduct of the winding-up proceedings from the supervisory authoritie…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Specific provisions applicable to clinical investigations of devices referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017

Article L1125-21

Performing or having performed a clinical investigation in breach of Articles 63 to 66 of Regulation (EU) No 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017 and Article L. 1121-…

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

Article L123-21

Only profits made at the end of a financial year may be entered in the annual accounts. The profit made on a transaction that has been partially completed and accepted by the other party may be entere…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Public policy

Article L3142-25-1

An employee may, at his request and in agreement with his employer, give up anonymously and without consideration all or part of his untaken rest days, whether or not they have been allocated to a tim…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Administrative authorisation.

Article R5142-13

…on expiry of this period. When the transfer concerns an establishment mentioned in articles R. 5142-6 or R. 5142-7, the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Corporate mutual funds governed by article L. 214-165-1

Article R214-214-10

In the case referred to in 4° of III of article L. 214-165-1, either the issuing company, or a company in the same group within the meaning of I of the same article, undertakes to redeem these securit…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Referral to and decision by the court.

Article R621-13

…r L. 812-2, it is attached by the court clerk to the copy of the judgment referred to in article R. 621-7, a document reproducing the terms of article L. 811-2 or article L. 812-2, article L. 811-11-1…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Capital increases.

Article L225-134

…subscriptions have not absorbed the entire capital increase: 1° The amount of the capital increase may be limited to the amount of subscriptions unless the General Meeting decides otherwise. In no ca…

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