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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Accounting obligations

Article R6352-19

…e French Commercial Code applicable to public limited companies, private-sector training providers must appoint at least one statutory auditor and one deputy if, at the end of the calendar year or at…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Financial and accounting system

Article R7345-17

The establishment's revenue comprises: 1° Proceeds from the tax referred to in article L. 7345-4; 2° Subsidies from the State, public authorities or public or private bodies and income from sponsorshi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Certification of accounts

Article A823-17

…practice standard relating to the assessment of accounting estimates, approved by the Minister of Justice, is set out below: PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE STANDARD RELATING TO THE ASSESSMENT OF ACCOUNTING ES…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Organisation and operation

Article R823-7

…year and the allocation of results; 6° Borrowings; 7° Acquisitions, exchanges and disposals of real estate as well as the taking out and sale of leases with a term of more than three years;8° The taki…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Powers

Article LO6214-6

…legislation applicable to the State's domain and those of persons who die without an heir or whose estates have been abandoned. The public maritime domain of the collectivity includes, subject to the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Authorisation to set up within a reference area

Article R761-12-4

…egulations, a plan showing the location of the sales areas, the characteristics of the land or real estate facilities likely to be made available to the applicant, the financial conditions for this pr…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Board of Directors.

Article R4642-4

…al conditions of employment and recruitment of staff; 6° Acquisitions, disposals, exchanges of real estate and leases concerning the agency; 7° Acceptance or refusal of gifts and bequests; 8° Approval…

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Board of Directors.

Article R5322-11

…threshold it determines; 10° Investment programmes; 11° Acquisitions, disposals, exchanges of real estate, leases and rentals concerning them and involving commitments for a term in excess of that wh…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: Definitions

Article L311-1

…ther party to these same transactions; 5° Credit intermediary, any person who, in the course of his usual commercial or professional activities and for remuneration or an economic benefit, provides as…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Custodian

Article L214-10-3

I. - Assets held by the custodian shall not be re-used by the custodian, or by any third party to whom the custodian's custodial function has been delegated, for their own account.A re-use is any oper…

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