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Showing 999110000 of 59838 articles for Art. L. n° 2022-297 du 2 mars 2022

French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: The Compagnie Nationale and the regional companies

Article R821-23

La Compagnie nationale des commissaires aux comptes instituée par l'article L. 821-6 groups together all the statutory auditors and all the audit firms registered on the list in accordance with Sectio…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: The Compagnie Nationale and the regional companies

Article R821-25

The Compagnie nationale contributes to achieving the objectives set out in article L. 821-6 for the proper practice of the profession by its members. The Compagnie nationale represents the profession…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: The Compagnie Nationale and the regional companies

Article R821-24

The regional companies of statutory auditors established by Article L. 821-6 include the statutory auditors attached to them pursuant to article R. 822-1.When regional companies are grouped together p…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: The Compagnie Nationale and the regional companies

Article R821-28

…to the meeting is forbidden to those who are not up to date with the payment of their professional dues one month before the date of the said meeting.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article A123-28

…s includes: 1° All entries in the registers of commerce and companies held at each registry office; 2° All deeds and documents filed with these registers. The National Register of Commerce and Compani…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article A123-29

…es register.This number is used in relations between the registries and the National Institute of Industrial Property.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 7: Suspension of proceedings and difficulties of service

Article A444-23

…ion, in particular in the absence of the occupier of the premises or if the occupier refuses access 20.22 € 99 Deed attesting to the discovery of the addressee's new address outside the bailiff's juri…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Operation.

Article R2541-2

The provisions of article R. 2121-7.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Compulsory sureties covered by the surety guarantee mechanism.

Article D313-27

…n name and on their own account; b) Insurance companies; c) UCITS and AIFs covered by paragraphs 1, 2 and 6 of sub-section 2, paragraph 2 or sub-paragraph 1 of paragraph 1 of sub-section 3, or sub-sec…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Wanted persons file

Article 230-19

…ty and custody judge and the juvenile judge for the purpose of searching for or arresting a person; 2° The obligations or prohibitions referred to in 1°, 2°, 3°, 3° bis, 7°, 8°, 9°, 12°, 12° bis, 14°…

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