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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Certification of accounts

Article A823-27-2

…ice, is shown below: NEP-920. Certification of the accounts of national social security bodies Introduction 01. Pursuant to the provisions of Article L. 114-8 of the Social Security Code, the statutor…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Provisions specific to public limited companies

Article R22-10-28

I.-Notwithstanding the provisions of Article R. 225-86, in companies whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market or to the operations of a central depository, the right to participate i…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions relating to municipalities resulting from a merger with 100,000 inhabitants or less

Article R2113-21

The consultative commission provided for in article L. 2113-23, as it stood prior to la loi n° 2010-1563 du 16 décembre 2010 de réforme des collectivités territoriales, meets in the town hall annex.

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter II: Tax on the profits of companies and other legal entities

Article 212

…by an affiliated company, directly or indirectly, within the meaning of 12 of the article 39, are deductible : a) Within the limit of those calculated on the basis of the rate provided for in the firs…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Materials vigilance.

Article L5212-2-2

For public health reasons, the Minister for Health, the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé and the Agence nationale de santé publique may access anonymous data relatin…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: The introduction of a period allowing employees to make an offer in the event of the sale of a business in companies that are not required to set up a works council.

Article L141-27

…ect of conciliation, safeguard, receivership or liquidation proceedings governed by Book VI; 3° If, during the twelve months preceding the sale, the sale has already been the subject of information pu…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IV: Provisions applicable in French Polynesia.

Article L946-2

…a. "II.-In the fourth paragraph, the words: "in particular pursuant to Articles 5, 48 and 66 of the loi n° 82-213 du 2 mars 1982 modifiée relative aux droits et libertés des communes, des départements…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Special mortgages

Article 2402

…of any kind owed by the syndicate of co-owners relating to the current year and the last four years due are guaranteed on the lot sold by the debtor co-owner; 4° The claim of an heir or co-partitioner…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Combating mental illness

Article L3844-2

…blishment shall, within forty-eight hours, take all necessary measures to implement one of the procedures provided for in articles L. 3212-1, L. 3212-3, L. 3213-1 or L. 3213-2. " ;3° The first paragra…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Trust as security

Article 2372-2

In the event of a trust entered into by way of security, the contract shall mention, on pain of nullity, in addition to the provisions set out in

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
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