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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 5: Collection of data and information

Article R444-21

The information and data provided for in articles R. 444-18 to R. 444-20 are collected from the professionals mentioned in article L. 444-1 by the national professional bodies listed in Article R. 444…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: CCI France.

Article R711-63

I.-Voting rights at the General Meeting are defined as follows: 1° The total voting rights of the chairmen of the territorial, local and departmental chambers of commerce and industry of Ile-de-France…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Financial responsibility

Article R1611-36

I. - When the European Commission initiates proceedings against France on the basis of Article 258 or 260 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, the State shall inform the local autho…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: General provisions

Article D2311-4

For communes and their public administrative establishments, the chapters of budgets voted by nature correspond:a) Investment section:- to each of the two-digit accounts in classes 1 and 2 opened in t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Additional rules applicable to bank and payment services brokers and their agents

Article R519-28

The intermediaries referred to in article R. 519-27 above are required to analyse a sufficient number of contracts on offer to be able to base an objective analysis of the market and recommend or prop…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 9: Obligations where there is a high risk of money laundering or terrorist financing

Article R561-20-5

The orders referred to in Article L. 561-11 shall provide for at least one of the following measures: 1° Prohibiting the establishment in France of subsidiaries, branches or representative offices of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions

Article R613-1-A

I. - The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution and the other competent authorities of a Member State of the European Union or of a State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Requirements for experience or work placements in addition to the master's degree referred to in article L. 811-5

Article R811-28-2

May apply for their registration with mention of the commercial speciality on the list mentioned in Article L. 811-2 to the national registration and disciplinary commission, ruling on their applicati…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Acts relating mainly to leases and the management of real estate and landed property

Article A444-103

Leases by mutual agreement and sub-leases (numbers 70 to 77 in Table 5) give rise, to the collection of:1° In the case of a residential or professional and residential lease, without prejudice to any…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Managing dose constraints

Article R4451-33-1

I.-For the purposes of preventive radiological monitoring and alerting in the event of abnormal exposure, the employer shall fit an operational dosimeter to: 1° Any worker entering a controlled area d…

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