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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Operation.

Article R512-12

…rm credit transactions. Caisses de crédit agricole mutuel that fail to comply with this requirement may not receive new advances from the central body of Crédit Agricole for medium-term loans or indiv…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Membership rules

Article D3141-12

…' organisation or organisations representing the professional branch concerned, the holiday service may be provided by the company. For the application of this article, the main activity is understood…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10: Import and export

Article R5121-122

…e days from the date of receipt of the complete application and dossier referred to in Articles R. 5121-120 and R. 5121-121, authorisation of the parallel import will be refused. This time limit is ex…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Capital increases.

Article L225-129

…t of the Board of Directors or the Management Board, on an immediate or future capital increase. It may delegate this power to the Board of Directors or the Management Board under the conditions set o…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: The company pension savings plan

Article D224-12

…ent of commitments expressed in euros and in units of the diversification provision. The plan rules may stipulate that other costs are also borne by the employer. The costs borne by the employer are i…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Common provisions (R).

Article R4432-12

…and unjustified absence has been noted over a period of one year by the bureau of the said council may be declared, on the proposal of the bureau, to have automatically resigned by the prefect.

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Section 3: Multiple assets or seizures

Article R321-12

…s the properties on which proceedings are temporarily suspended. After the final sale, the creditor may resume proceedings on the property thus excepted if the price of the property sold is not suffic…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 2: Valuation of assets

Article R343-12

…or preparation of combined financial statements, referred to in Articles L. 345-2 of this Code, L. 212-7 of the Mutual Code and L. 931-34 of the Social Security Code. One of the bodies may be the comp…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Payment terms

Article L441-12

…e 275 of the General Tax Code, of goods intended to be delivered as such outside the European Union may not exceed ninety days after the date of issue of the invoice. The period agreed between the par…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Organisation and supervision of the profession.

Article L821-12

…vice provided by the statutory auditor to the persons or entities whose accounts it certifies. They may demand a copy; 2° Obtain from any other person information relating to the task of certifying th…

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