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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10: Special provisions.

Article R5141-123-20

The provisions relating to the import and export of veterinary medicinal products apply : 1° to medicinal products classified as narcotics or to which the narcotics regulations apply in whole or in pa…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Disclosure of accounts.

Article R232-20-1

For the application of the provisions of the last paragraph of I of Article L. 232-22, a copy of the management report shall be delivered to any person, at his own expense, at the company's registered…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Formation and operation of regional joint cross-industry committees

Article D6323-20-1

I.-The board of directors of the regional joint cross-industry committee is composed, taking into account the representativeness of the signatories of the agreement establishing the committee, of no m…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Limited liability companies.

Article R223-20-1

In order to guarantee, with a view to the application of the third paragraph of Article L. 223-27, the identification and effective participation in the meeting of shareholders attending by videoconfe…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable companies and local authorities.

Article 206

1. Subject to the provisions of Articles 8 ter, 239 bis AA, 239 bis AB and 1655 ter, sociétés anonymes, sociétés en commandite par actions, sociétés à responsabilité limitée that have not opted for th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: The special register of individual entrepreneurs with limited liability.

Article R526-20-1

When the individual limited liability entrepreneur transfers to the jurisdiction of another court the establishment where the professional activity in respect of which he has made a declaration of ass…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Exemptions and special schemes.

Article 208

Sont également exonérés de l'impôt sous réserve des dispositions de l'article 208 A : 1° (Abrogé à compter du 1er janvier 1993) ; 1° bis-Les sociétés d'investissement qui sont régies par les articles…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 5: Termination of the duties of an employed commercial court clerk in the event of termination of the employment contract

Article R743-139-20-1

The age limit provided for in article L. 741-1 applies to salaried commercial court clerks.

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 3: Regulatory capital requirement for groups.

Article R356-20-1

I.-Where the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution is informed by the group supervisor, in the case of a supervisory authority of another Member State, of a request for authorisation to cal…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Tax CodeIn force
Section VI: Special provisions applicable in the event of transfer, termination or death

Article 204

…assessed on the income disposed of by the deceased during the year of his death and on the industrial and commercial profits made since the end of the last taxed financial year. The tax also applies t…

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