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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Organisation and operation

Article R1123-17

Each committee has its headquarters in a public establishment with whose legal representative the Director General of the Regional Health Agency and the Data Protection Committee enter into an agreeme…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Accelerated procedure

Article R1124-17

An accelerated assessment procedure may be set up under conditions defined by order of the Minister for Health when the clinical trial of medicinal products takes place in the context of an emergency…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Definitions and special conditions

Article R1125-17

The period for examining the application for authorisation is set at ninety days from the date of receipt of the complete dossier. This period may be extended by ninety days if the Director General of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Depreciation, amortisation and provisions.

Article R123-179

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Compulsory books, documents and accounting vouchers.

Article R123-173

Every trader is required to keep a daybook and a general ledger. The journal book and ledger may, at the request of the trader, be quoted and initialled, in the ordinary form and free of charge, by th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Compulsory books, documents and accounting vouchers.

Article R123-174

Movements affecting the company's assets are recorded transaction by transaction and day by day for the daybook. All accounting records specify the origin, content and allocation of each item of data…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Compulsory books, documents and accounting vouchers.

Article R123-175

Journal entries are recorded in the general ledger and broken down according to the chart of accounts.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Compulsory books, documents and accounting vouchers.

Article R123-172

A document describing the accounting procedures and organisation is drawn up by the trader whenever the document is necessary for understanding the processing system and for carrying out controls. Thi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Domiciliation of registered natural and legal persons.

Article R123-170

Companies and their subsidiaries that set up their registered office in the same premises of which one has the use are not required to enter into a domiciliation contract with each other.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Compulsory books, documents and accounting vouchers.

Article R123-176

The daybook and general ledger are broken down into as many subsidiary journals and subsidiary ledgers as the needs of the business require. Entries made in the journals and subsidiary ledgers are cen…

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