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French General Tax CodeIn force
4a: Payment of business property tax and additional taxes

Article 1681 quater A

…month following the month in which the taxes were assessed.C. The balance of the taxes is levied in November up to the amount of one of the levies referred to in B. Any additional amount is levied in…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions relating to group preventive recovery plans

Article L613-37-1

…s of Article 19 of Regulation (EU) No 1093/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 November 2010, within the prescribed timeframe, the college of supervisors shall defer its decision…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Assets backing regulated commitments.

Article A332-1

…e guaranteed insurance undertaking, within the meaning of Article 310-5 of Regulation 2015-11 of 26 November 2015 of the Autorité des normes comptables relating to the accounting framework for insuran…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Manufacturing and wholesale distribution.

Article L5124-13

…the meaning of Article 6 of Directive 2001/83/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 November 2001 on the Community code relating to medicinal products for human use or of a registratio…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Shareholders' meetings.

Article R225-105-2

I.-The independent third-party body referred to in V of article L. 225-102-1 is appointed, as appropriate, by the Chief Executive Officer or the Chairman of the Management Board, for a period not exce…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Establishment of electoral rolls.

Article R713-1

…he ballot. The closing date for the ballot may not be later than midnight on the third Wednesday in November. In the event of special circumstances, the periods set in the order referred to in the pre…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Credit and property formalities

Article A444-171

…or the exercise of the public service mission provided for in article 6-1 of order no. 45-2590 of 2 November 1945 relating to the status of notaries 15.31 €

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Sustainable development plan

Article R4424-6-1

…elationship with other town planning documents and the plans or programmes mentioned in article L. 122-4 of the Environment Code with which it must be compatible or which it must take into considerati…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Scope and definitions

Article R4412-96

…rty: the head of the user company, referred to in Article R. 4511-1 and in Decree No. 77-1321 of 29 November 1977 on work carried out in an establishment by an external company, or the contracting aut…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: The Board of Directors and General Management

Article L22-10-9

…ible manner, within the corporate governance report referred to in the last paragraph of Article L. 225-37, where applicable, for each corporate officer, including corporate officers whose term of off…

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