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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section V: Information to be provided to the public

Article R385-19

I. - Articles R. 355-9 and R. 355-12 are applicable to supplementary occupational pension funds.For the application of these provisions :1° The following should be understood: "supplementary occupatio…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 5: Subscription, purchase or pledge by companies of their own shares.

Article R225-160-1

The expert referred to in Article L. 225-209-2 is appointed unanimously by the shareholders or, failing this, by the president of the commercial court ruling on a petition at the request of the corpor…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Checking and registering applications.

Article R123-101-1

The registrar shall certify the identity of the information recorded on electronic media for the purposes of keeping the register with that received in accordance with articles R. 123-92 to R. 123-98.…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Patient care by the mobile emergency and intensive care unit

Article R6123-15-1

At the request of the Director General of the regional health agency for the zone, back-up interventions are initiated and coordinated by the emergency medical assistance service (SAMU) for the zone m…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Adaptation of the accreditation procedure for Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Mayotte, Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon

Article R6221-19-1

After submitting their application for accreditation to the French Accreditation Committee, medical biology laboratories in Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Mayotte, Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Mart…

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French Commercial codeIn force
APPENDIX 8-1-1 (TO ARTICLES A. 811-25 and A. 812-24)

Article Annexe 8-1-1

I. - List of acts performed by the trainee pursuant to article A. 811-25 : - mission of assistance to the debtor in safeguard or receivership proceedings; - mission of supervision of the debtor in saf…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 231-14

I. - The following cinemas are not eligible for classification and aid:1° At least 32 cinema weeks of activity per year on average during the reference period;2° A minimum number of screenings per cin…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Electronic complaints

Article A 1er

I.-Victims may file complaints electronically pursuant to articles 15-3-1 and D. 8-2-1 via the "Harmonised processing of investigations and alerts for e-scams" (THESEE) implemented by the General Dire…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Tax penalties

Article 1788 E

I.-The registration number issued pursuant to Article 290 B may be withdrawn: 1° When the operator of a dematerialisation platform has been sanctioned under IV of article 1737 or II of article 1788 D…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Assessment and collection of taxes

Article 1657

1. The assessment bases for direct taxes are rounded to the nearest euro; the fraction of a euro equal to 0.50 is counted as 1.The bases for property tax and council tax on second homes and other furn…

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