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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 22: Materials and articles intended to come into contact with foodstuffs

Article R412-38

…and its Annex 4° the provisions of Articles 2 and 3 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 282/2008 of 27 March 2008 on recycled plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with foodstuffs…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Treatment of credit institutions, finance companies, electronic money institutions, payment institutions and investment firms in difficulty

Article R784-11

…ing from the decreeR. 613-10 to R. 613-12no. 2014-1315 of 3 November 2014R. 613-13no. 2010-217 of 3 March 2010R. 613-14n° 2021-941 of 15 July 2021R. 613-15n° 2013-978 of 30 October 2013R. 613-16no. 20…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
XI ter: Taxation of certain public limited companies, simplified joint stock companies and limited liability companies. Opting for the partnership system

Article 239 bis AB

…icle L. 214-37 of the Monetary and Financial Code as it read prior to the ordonnance n° 2013-676 du 25 juillet 2013 modifying the legal framework for asset management, professional private equity fund…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Companies required to register

Article L123-37

…32-21to L. 232-23, the accounting documents mentioned in these same articles and in articles L. 232-25 and L. 232-26 ; 4° For the companies and entities mentioned in 1° of article L. 561-45-1 of the M…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter II: Safety at sporting events

Article L332-8

…the public prosecution may be extinguished, under the conditions set out in articles 495-17 to 495-25 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, by the payment of a fixed fine of 500 euros. The amount of the…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Candidate registration requirements

Article A212-36

…e or the individual certificate of participation in the Defence and Citizenship Day for those under 25;4° The certificate(s) proving fulfilment of the prerequisites laid down by the decree creating th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Subsidiaries, holdings and controlled companies.

Article R233-15

…f the exempted company under the conditions and within the time limits provided for in Articles R. 225-88 and R. 225-89 ; if they are drawn up in a language other than French, they shall be accompanie…

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

Article L22-10-10

…regulated market, the corporate governance report provided for in the last paragraph of Article L. 225-37 in addition to the information mentioned in article L. 225-37-4, the following information: 1°…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Provisions specific to specialised finance companies

Article L214-190-2

…ever, under the conditions and within the limits set by the general regulations of the Autorité des marchés financiers, and with the exception of the extract referred to in the fifth paragraph, they m…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Prohibition on offering advantages

Article L1453-4

…lated by this code, to osteopaths and chiropractors mentioned inarticle 75 of law no. 2002-303 of 4 March 2002 relating to patients' rights and the quality of the health system and to psychotherapists…

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