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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Certification of accounts

Article A823-12

…isks of material misstatement of the financial statements. At this stage, the use of this technique may in particular enable the statutory auditor to identify unusual transactions or events. 6. When t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 8: Appearance on preliminary recognition of guilt

Article 495-12

…When the person had been referred to him under the provisions of article 393, the public prosecutor may detain the person until he or she appears before the criminal court or examining magistrate, whi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Incapacity resulting from an accident at work or an occupational disease.

Article L1226-12

…er job, it shall inform him/her in writing of the reasons for the refusal to redeploy. The employer may only terminate the employment contract if he can justify either his inability to offer a job und…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Working conditions and forward-looking management of jobs and skills

Article L2241-12

…tors listed in article L. 4161-1. Negotiations on the forward-looking management of jobs and skills may take place at regional level and will be based on the work of the Observatoire Prospectif des Mé…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Common provisions.

Article R214-122

…te investment resulting from the conversion or demerger of a société civile de placement immobilier may derogate from the provisions of article R. 214-86.When this derogation is used, the information…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: National cosmetovigilance system

Article R5131-12

…tion reported under the conditions set out in paragraphs 2 to 4 of Article 23 of Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 November 2009 concerning cosmetic prod…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Acquisition of French nationality by declaration of nationality

Article 21-12

A child who has been the subject of a simple adoption by a person of French nationality may, until the age of majority, declare, under the conditions set out in the articles 26 et seq, that he or she…

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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 L1125-12

Clinical investigations may only be carried out in a place that has the human, material and technical resources appropriate to the clinical investigation and compatible with the safety requirements of…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Audit of operating accounts

Article L251-12

…he methods for its depreciation and net revenue, the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée may carry out or have carried out by an independent expert an audit of the operating account drawn u…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Combating illegal employment

Article 122-16

…ancial assistance has failed to comply with its social obligations to combat illegal employment, it may implement the administrative sanction procedure provided for in articles L. 8272-1 and D. 8272-1…

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