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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Transmission of documents

Article R6332-31

I.-Each year, before 31 May following the calendar year in question, the skills operators will send the Minister responsible for vocational training and France Compétences a statement, the model for w…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R1211-31

…activities involving the elements, products or derivatives mentioned in 1° of the I of article R. 1211-29, resulting or likely to result in: a) an adverse reaction in the persons mentioned in 3° of t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Corrective measures, restrictions on use, interruption of distribution, exemptions, information and advice for consumers

Article R1321-31

I.-When the corrective measures taken in application of article R. 1321-27 do not enable the quality of the water to be re-established at the point of compliance defined in 1° of article R. 1321-5, th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Information obligations on the establishment

Article R3211-31

…ation of forty-eight hours of seclusion or twenty-four hours of restraint. This cumulative duration may result from: 1° Measures taken consecutively; 2° Measures taken non-consecutively but separated…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Certification of accounts

Article A823-24

…relating to the intervention of an expert, approved by the Minister of Justice, is shown below: NEP-620. NEP-620 Intervention by an expert Introduction 01. Pursuant to the provisions of article L. 823…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7: Authorised bodies.

Article R5221-31

…he decisions taken by the approved bodies under the procedures referred to in sub-sections 4, 5 and 6 of section 6 of this chapter are valid for five years. They may be renewed for five-year periods o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article R225-24

…of the company, such copies or extracts shall be certified by a single liquidator.The certification may be made by means of an electronic signature that meets at least the requirements for an advanced…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
IV: Obligations of third parties

Article 1687

Landlords and, in their place, the main tenants who have not, one month before the term set by the lease or by verbal agreements, given notice to the public accountant responsible for collecting direc…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 3: Information and delivery of documents

Article R521-17

…nds that an asylum seeker is in one of the accelerated procedure cases provided for in Articles L. 531-24 and L. 531-27, he will inform the applicant accordingly.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
6: Infringements of invoicing rules

Article 1737

…ransaction. The professional client is jointly and severally liable for payment of this fine, which may not exceed €375,000 per financial year. However, where the transaction has been recorded, the fi…

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