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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Freedom of establishment and freedom to provide services in France (Incoming passport)

Article R532-17

I. - The AMF shall receive notifications of freedom of establishment and freedom to provide services from the investment firms referred to in articles L. 532-18 and L. 532-18-1. It shall also receive…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Provisions relating to confidentiality and cooperation

Article R613-75

I. - In exercising their powers, the supervisory board and the resolution board shall assess the potential effects of disclosure of information relating to the entity concerned or to the resolution pr…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 7: Administrative provisions

Article R4462-34

The employer shall draw up a safety file and keep it constantly up to date, adding to it on the basis of lessons learned from pyrotechnic events and any observations or information that may be relevan…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions for registration in national directories

Article R6113-11

…e knowledge and skills targeted match the needs of the labour market ; 2° The quality of the skills reference framework and the assessment reference framework as well as their overall consistency and…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: National Committee for Health and Social Organisation.

Article R6122-7

I.-The list of organisations, institutions, groups or trade unions represented in each section of the Committee and the number of seats they have are determined by order of the ministers responsible f…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Applicable regulations

Article R8293-4

In addition to the information already contained in the secondment declaration referred to in Article L. 1262-2-1, the declaration referred to in Article R. 8293-2 is accompanied by the passport photo…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter IIb: Cotisation foncière des entreprises: minimum levy

Article 1647 D

…amount of turnover or revenue to be taken into account is that, excluding tax, achieved during the reference period defined in Article 1467 A. Where the reference period does not correspond to a twel…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Certification of accounts

Article A823-27

…auditor's assessments.13. The statutory auditor formulates the key points of the audit by explicit reference to the provisions of Articles L. 823-9 and R. 823-7 of the French Commercial Code and in a…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 1: Film ombudsman

Article L213-6

The Film Ombudsman refers to the Autorité de la concurrence any practices prohibited by articles L. 420-1, L. 420-2 and L. 420-5 of the French Commercial Code that come to his attention in the film di…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Transmission and execution of requests for mutual assistance

Article 694-4

If the execution of a request for mutual assistance from a foreign judicial authority is likely to undermine public order or the essential interests of the Nation, the Public Prosecutor to whom the re…

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