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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions applicable to sociétés d'exercice libéral.

Article R814-145

…onstitute, among themselves and with the persons mentioned in B of I of the article 5 and at 1° and 3° of I of the Article 6 of Law no. 90-1258 of 31 December 1990 relating to the practice in the form…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions applicable to sociétés d'exercice libéral.

Article R814-147

…t de discipline shall be informed of any changes to the list of partners and to the amount of their capital participation.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Notices of default and payment orders

Article A444-14

The services listed under numbers 41 to 49 of table 3-1 give rise to the collection of the following fees:Number of the service (table 3-1) of article annex 4-7) Designation of service Fee 41 Injuncti…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Use and maintenance of work equipment

Article R4323-14

Work equipment must be assembled and dismantled safely, in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions. The return to service of work equipment after a maintenance operation requiring the removal…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Advertising aimed at the health professions

Article R5122-14

When the application is submitted, the applicant assigns an internal reference number to each of the advertising media, in accordance with the rules defined by a decision of the Director General of th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: One-stop shop for live performances

Article R7122-14

The employer shall make the compulsory declarations referred to in article L. 7122-23 by means of the single, simplified declaration referred to in article R. 7122-16, under the conditions laid down i…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Obligations of those involved in reactovigilance.

Article R5222-14

…tors shall declare without delay to the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé any incidents or risks of incidents involving an in vitro diagnostic…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section VIa: Special rules for the assessment of direct local taxes

Article 1518 E

I. - For the properties mentioned in I of Article 1498: 1° Partial exemptions from direct local taxes are granted for the years 2017 to 2025 when the difference between the assessment established for…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Merger

Article R236-11

A creditor's objection to the merger, under the conditions provided for by Articles L. 236-15, L. 236-26 and L. 236-30, shall be lodged within thirty days of the last insertion or public availability…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Creation of delegated communes within a new commune

Article L2113-15

The council of the delegated commune meets at the annex to the town hall located on the territory of the delegated commune.When the annex to the town hall has been abolished under the conditions provi…

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