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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Undertakings for collective real estate investment.

Article R214-123

The annual management report of an undertaking for collective investment in transferable securities, referred to in the third paragraph of Article L. 214-50, includes the following information: 1° A s…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article R511-16

I. - The threshold mentioned in the first paragraph of I of Article L. 511-47 is set on the basis of the book value of assets corresponding to trading activities in financial instruments at 7.5% of th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Organs, tissues and cells removed for therapeutic purposes for others.

Article R1211-14

The clinical selection of donors referred to in article R. 1211-13 is supplemented for any removal or collection of elements and products of the human body for therapeutic purposes by medical biology…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Single section: Notification, publication and filing

Article R2231-1-1

I. - The deed provided for in the second paragraph of article L. 2231-5-1 by which the parties may agree that part of the agreement need not be published as provided for in the first paragraph of the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Transparency

Article R3512-1-2

The annual report referred to in Article L. 3512-7 shall include the following information: 1° The corporate name, corporate purpose and registered office address of the declarant ; 2° In respect of e…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Youth employment contract

Article R5131-17

I.-Payment of the allowance referred to in article L. 5131-6 and, where applicable, of the replacement income referred to in article L. 5421-1 may be stopped, in whole or in part, if the young person,…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Contribution and management

Article R6332-77-1

The cash available to a non-salaried employee training insurance fund at 31 December of a given financial year may not exceed one third of the amount of expenses recognised during the same financial y…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Public industrial and commercial services

Article L2224-38

I.-Municipalities are responsible for creating and operating a public heating or cooling network. This activity constitutes an industrial and commercial public service, managed according to the proced…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: The decision of the departmental commission

Article A752-2

I.-The application form for authorisation referred to in Article R. 752-44-3, a model of which is appended to the Order of 28 June 2019 setting the content of the application form for authorisation to…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Exception for people with disabilities

Article R122-16

I.-To be included on the list provided for in 1° of Article L. 122-5-1, the legal entity or establishment must, in support of its request sent to the Commission by registered letter with acknowledgeme…

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