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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Supervision and inspection.

Article L811-11-2

Statutory auditors shall inform the authorities entrusted with the supervision, inspection and control of court-appointed administrators of the results of their assignment and report any anomalies or…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V : Value added tax compensation fund

Article R1615-5

The reimbursement referred to in Article L. 1615-9 is carried out under the following conditions: 1° In the case of a property transferred or entrusted to a third party outside the cases of eligibilit…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Financial solidarity of the principal.

Article L8254-2-1

Any person referred to in article L. 8254-1, informed in writing by an agent referred to in article L. 8271-1-2, by an employees' trade union, an employers' trade union or association or a staff repre…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter X: Digital asset service providers

Article L54-10-2

Digital asset services include the following services: 1° The service of holding digital assets on behalf of third parties or access to digital assets, where applicable in the form of private cryptogr…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L432-4-2

When the Finance Bill for the year is presented, the Government sends the standing finance committees of the National Assembly and the Senate a report on all the guarantees granted in the energy secto…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Chapter II: Cafés, public houses and pubs

Article D312-5

The inspection certificate referred to in article D. 312-4 includes: a) An inspection report certifying compliance with the classification table and stating the opinion of the assessing body on the cl…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Overall effective rate

Article R314-5

The following are not included in the annual percentage rate of charge: 1° Costs relating to the acquisition of the properties mentioned in a of 1° of article L. 313-1 as well as the related taxes, no…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Coordinating doctors

Article R3711-5

Any practitioner wishing to act as coordinating doctor must submit a request to the public prosecutor. This application must be accompanied by the following information and documents: 1° Nature of pro…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Help with professional integration

Article R5134-56

Pursuant to article L. 5134-67-2, an employer wishing to extend aid for professional integration under the contrat initiative-emploi must submit a prior request to the authority that granted the initi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Operating conditions.

Article L4131-2-1

Persons fulfilling the conditions defined in 1° and 2° of article L. 4131-2 may be authorised to practise medicine as an assistant to a doctor: 1° In areas characterised by insufficient healthcare pro…

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