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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Procedure

Article R824-5

The investigator may summon and hear any person likely to be able to provide him with any information useful to the accomplishment of his mission.The summons shall be sent to the person concerned at l…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 2: Dotation globale de fonctionnement (R).

Article R2563-4-2

…to account is that defined in Article L. 2334-2. 3° The income taken into account is the last known reference tax income. The population taken into account to determine this per capita income is the p…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Assistance for employees on part-time work

Article R5122-9

…nder the conditions set out in II and up to a limit of six months, consecutive or otherwise, over a reference period of twelve consecutive months. Notwithstanding the previous paragraph, when the empl…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Seniority requirements

Article R6323-9-1

…ioned in article L. 6323-17-1 is submitted. Seniority is assessed, all assignments included, over a reference period of eighteen months. In the case of an employee with an open-ended employment contra…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Examination of the application.

Article R5141-13

…samples of the medicinal product and shall keep at his disposal samples of the starting materials, reference substances and other constituents, in sufficient quantity to carry out the checks provided…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 13: Interventional activity under medical imaging in cardiology

Article R6123-133-2

…ment, the minimum annual activity is forecast for the first year. Annual activity is established by reference to certain procedures mentioned in article R. 6123-129. II - In the event of an exceptiona…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Special provisions

Article 1638 quater

…ed premises not used as a main residence is reduced by the difference between, on the one hand, the reference rate of council tax calculated for the municipality in accordance with article 1640 C and,…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 9: Information on beneficial owners

Article L561-46

The companies and entities referred to in 1° of Article L. 561-45-1 shall declare to the Trade and Companies Register, through the intermediary of the body referred to in the second paragraph of Artic…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter II: Operating conditions.

Article A362-1

I. - The required information referred to in article L. 362-1 must be written in the French language and include the following information: a) The name and address of the company's registered office ;…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Actions to prevent, cease or remedy a breach of business secrecy

Article R152-1

I.-When a case is referred to it for the purposes of preventing an imminent infringement or stopping an unlawful infringement of a business secret, the court may prescribe, on application or in summar…

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