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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Provisions common to pharmaceutical companies, organisations and establishments

Article R5124-45

…s, products or objects that the centres distribute under the conditions provided for in articles L. 2311-1, L. 2311-2, L. 2311-4 and L. 2311-6, the medicines required for voluntary termination of preg…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Applications

Article 1077

The claim may be based on only one of the cases provided for in the third to sixth paragraphs of Article 229 of the Civil Code. Any claim made in the alternative in any other case is inadmissible. Exc…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
D: Special schemes and exemptions

Article 792-0 bis

…on to the beneficiaries on the death of the settlor without becoming part of his estate or which remain in the trust after the death of the settlor are subject to death duties under the following con…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope of application.

Article L2411-1

…e rural et de la pêche maritime ; 10° Salarié mandaté, dans les conditions prévues aux articles L. 2232-23-1 et L. 2232-26, in undertakings without a trade union delegate; 11° Employee representative…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Certification of accounts

Article A823-15

…isk of fraud; -obtaining an understanding of the way in which the bodies referred to in Article L. 823-16 of the French Commercial Code exercise their oversight in terms of fraud risk; -analyse fraud…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: Definitions and scope of application

Article L611-1

…tion of consumer disputes: a conventional mediation process, as defined in the article 21 de la loi n° 95-125 du 8 février 1995 relative à l'organisation des juridictions et de la procédure civile, pé…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Terms of engagement and services of the statutory auditor

Article R823-17

The provisions of articles R. 823-12 and R. 823-13 are not applicable to: 1° Persons and entities whose balance sheet total plus operating income and financial income, excluding tax, exceeds €122,000,…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Sole traders with limited liability

Article L526-15

In the event that the individual limited liability entrepreneur renounces the appropriation or in the event of his death, the declaration mentioned in Article L. 526-7 ceases to have effect. However,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Experimentation.

Article R5141-8

…product; d) The duration of treatment; e) The number of animals to be included in the trial and the main inclusion criteria; 4° For the veterinary medicinal product to be tested: a) Its name as define…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: The Higher Council for Mountain Sports

Article D142-28

…ance centre; 20° The Director of Sports ; 21° The Director of Youth ; 22° The Director of Tourism ; 23° The Director General of the National Gendarmerie ; 24° The Director General of Civil Security an…

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