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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Société d'exercice libéral de pharmaciens d'officine.

Article R5125-21

Subject to the provisions of article R. 5125-24, the exclusion of a member of a société d'exercice libéral de pharmaciens d'officine may be decided, when he contravenes the operating rules of the comp…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: National Sports Agency

Article L112-11

…w no. 2011-525 of 17 May 2011, the Agency's resources come mainly from the proceeds of the assigned taxes mentioned in the first paragraph ofArticle 1609 novovicies andArticle 1609 tricies of the Gene…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Reporting obligations

Article L152-3

…ney institutions, payment institutions and the bodies and services referred to in article L. 518-1 must provide the tax and customs authorities, at their request, with the date and amount of sums tran…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Temporary employment agencies

Article L6331-69

…of employees, pay a conventional contribution, the rate of which is at least equal to 0.30% of the amount of earned income mentioned in the first paragraph of article L. 6331-3, defined by an extende…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Organisation and internal control

Article L533-29-3

…seq. of the French Commercial Code, for each country or territory: 1° Name of branches, nature of business and geographical location; 2° Net banking income and sales; 3° Full-time equivalent employee…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Employee information.

Article L3341-7

…as well as under a supplementary pension scheme mentioned in 2° ofarticle 83 of the French General Tax Code, a defined-benefit pension scheme meeting the characteristics of the schemes mentioned in a…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article D1711-6

The local committee is responsible for issuing an opinion on the methods used to evaluate the increases and decreases in costs resulting from transfers of responsibilities between the State and local…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Bookkeeping and deposit of funds.

Article R814-36

A numbered receipt is issued for each cash remittance. The series of numbers is unbroken; receipts must be used in numerical order. Each receipt shall state the name and address of the legal represent…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XV: Prosecution, investigation and trial of acts of terrorism

Article 706-16-2

…cle L. 217-6 of the Code de l'organisation judiciaire may conduct or arrange for the conduct of any useful hearings and investigations, without being able to invoke professional confidentiality. In pa…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Accounting obligations applicable to certain traders.

Article L123-28

…12 to L. 123-23, natural persons benefiting from the regime defined in article 50-0 of the General Tax Code may not prepare annual accounts. They keep a book showing the amount and origin of the reve…

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