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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10: Special provisions.

Article R5141-123-14

…where appropriate, by a list of changes that have occurred since the initial authorisation or the last renewal was issued. Where the initial authorisation was granted for a period of five years in a…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title X: Legal costs

Article 803-8

…agreement of the judge hearing the case. II.-If, at the end of the period set in application of the last paragraph of I, the judge finds, in the light of the information sent by the prison administrat…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Insurance CodeIn force
Section V: Intervention by the fund in the event of the withdrawal of an insurance undertaking's administrative authorisation

Article A421-12

…CAi/CA]Where: 1° For the first part, which is based on the difference between the premiums for the last ten financial years and the technical provisions for the last financial year, and for an accoun…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK III: Certain forms of sale and exclusivity clauses.

Article R330-1

…perator or the managers. The information mentioned in the previous paragraph may relate only to the last five years preceding the year in which the document is submitted. It must be supplemented by a…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
In force

Article Annexe 2-2

…1Appended to articles R. 225-81, R. 225-83 and R. 225-102Financial results of the company over the last five financial years NATURE OF INDICATIONS20..20..20..20..20..I. - Financial position at year-e…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Management and administration

Article L22-10-10

…are admitted to trading on a regulated market, the corporate governance report provided for in the last paragraph of Article L. 225-37 in addition to the information mentioned in article L. 225-37-4,…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Income tax

Article 204

…during the year of his death and on the industrial and commercial profits made since the end of the last taxed financial year. The tax also applies to income whose distribution or payment results from…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter I: Unit-linked life assurance or capitalisation contracts.

Article R131-8

…of article L. 131-4 only have effect in respect of requests to deal in the contract made after the last date on which redemption orders were centralised by the undertaking for collective investment c…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Transparency in commercial relations

Article L441-19

…ear at the latest, the amounts of the logistical penalties it has imposed on its suppliers over the last twelve months as well as the amounts actually collected. It shall detail these amounts for each…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Persons responsible for social and personality investigations or contributing to judicial supervision or probationary suspension

Article R121-3

…a mission to implement a probationary suspension entrusted to him pursuant to the provisions of the last paragraph of article 471 : IA. 5 per six-month period.The allowance shall be increased by 10% f…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
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