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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Compulsory inspection

Article D225-164-1

…tment of a statutory auditor are those defined in article D. 221-5. The balance sheet total and the amount of turnover excluding tax are determined in accordance with the fifth and sixth paragraphs of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VII: Simplified joint stock companies.

Article D227-1

…ntment of a statutory auditor are those defined in Article D. 221-5.The balance sheet total and the amount of turnover excluding tax are determined in accordance with the fifth and sixth paragraphs of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 8: Special provisions for non-trading property investment companies.

Article R214-156-1

…in 2° of article R. 214-32-22; c) The contracts are subject to a valuation carried out by the real estate investment trust, which is not based solely on market prices given by the counterparty and :…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Legal status of medical devices.

Article L5211-5-1

…any person involved in its import or distribution, excluding retail sales, who take the decision to use a medical device, or their authorised representatives or any person involved in its import or di…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Shareholders' meetings.

Article R225-66

…ting shall include the company name, possibly followed by its acronym, the form of the company, the amount of share capital, the address of the registered office, the information provided for in 1° an…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Forward financial instruments of insurance undertakings.

Article R332-45

An insurance undertaking may use a financial futures instrument within the meaning of Article L. 211-1 of the Monetary and Financial Code, linked to an investment or group of investments held or to be…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 3: Stimulus measures for the video publishing of cinematographic and audiovisual works

Article 916-37

The amount of selective grants awarded during 2020 in application of 1° and 2° of article 611-22 is subject to an increase when they have been awarded for the edition or re-edition of cinematographic…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Common provisions

Article R2312-23

…en notified of the direct award, by a public entity, of subsidies, loans or repayable advances, the amount of which exceeds a threshold set by order of the ministers responsible for labour, the econom…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Qualifications for succession.

Article 726

The following are unworthy of succession and, as such, excluded from the estate: 1° Anyone who is sentenced, as perpetrator or accomplice, to a criminal penalty for having wilfully caused or attempted…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Withdrawal clause in return for compensation.

Article 1513

The right of withdrawal lapses if the beneficiary spouse has not exercised it by notifying the other spouse or his or her heirs within one month of the day on which the latter gave him or her formal n…

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