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Showing 51415150 of 61869 articles for Art. R. 512-39-1 et s.

French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The High Council of Statutory Auditors

Article R821-18

Information and documents received by the High Council in the context of cooperation with the competent authorities of other Member States of the European Union exercising competences similar to its o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The High Council of Statutory Auditors

Article R821-17

…all refuse to comply with a request for information, documents or assistance referred to in Article R. 821-16 when:a) Persons employed or having been employed by the requesting authority are not subje…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The High Council of Statutory Auditors

Article R821-16

When, in the context of cooperation with the authorities of other Member States of the European Union exercising powers similar to its own or with the European authorities mentioned in 9° of I of Arti…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The High Council of Statutory Auditors

Article R821-19

…d on the territory of another Member State of the European Union, its Chairman shall inform the competent authority of that State, specifying the reasons that led him to this conclusion and the factua…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Termination of business.

Article R4731-12

…L. 8112-1 shall check, at the latest within eight days from the date of delivery or receipt of the letter from the employer, the appropriateness of the measures taken by the latter to put an end to th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Judicial supervision

Article R24-19

The restraining order combined with the obligation to wear an electronic anti-removal bracelet is ordered for a period that may not exceed six months. It may be extended for the same period in accorda…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Commencement of employment, management, remuneration and benefits

Article R6153-16

…the sick leave scheme for civil servants, with the exception of the conditions mentioned in article R. 6153-15 and which require costly and prolonged treatment or care, is entitled to long-term sick l…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Information in companies with fewer than three hundred employees

Article R2312-19

…mployment, the information provided for under headings 1° A, 2°, 4° and 10° of the table in article R. 2312-8.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Taxes, fees or payments not provided for in the General Tax Code

Article R2333-104-1

I.-Local authorities or territorially competent public bodies may request that the bodies mentioned in articles L. 213-1 et L. 752-4 du code de la sécurité sociale or article L. 723-3 of the Rural and…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Companies of court-appointed administrators and agents

Article R814-147

The Commission nationale d'inscription et de discipline shall be informed of any changes to the list of partners and to the amount of their capital participation.

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