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Article Annexe 4-3

…appoint at least one member of the board of directors ;c) A summary table of financial data for the last three financial years for which the accounts have been closed, in accordance with the model sho…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Relations between credit institutions and their customers

Article L312-1-7

…valid direct debit mandates and recurring transfers that have passed through this account over the last thirteen months, as well as cheques that have not been debited from chequebooks used over the l…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Traceability

Article L3512-23

…s provided for in Article L. 3512-26(6). V.-With regard to the identifier codes provided for in the last paragraph of I that the entity issuing the unique identifiers mentioned in II is required to pr…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Election of members of territorial and regional chambers of commerce and industry

Article R713-1-1

…d. The Commission meets, at the invitation of its Chairman, from 1 January of the year of each renewal. II. II -With a view to drawing up the electoral lists, the electoral list committee collects dat…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Appendices

Article Annexe V

…ved; rate of complaints.4° Financing of investments- financial amounts of work committed during the last financial year; amounts of subsidies from local authorities or public bodies and contributions…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Appendices

Article Annexe VI

…ed; rate of complaints.4° Financing of investments:- financial amounts of work committed during the last financial year; amounts of subsidies from local authorities or public bodies and contributions…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Advance information of employees enabling them to make an offer in the event of the sale of a business in undertakings subject to the obligation to set up a works council

Article L141-28

…up a works council pursuant to article L. 2322-1 of the Labour Code and which, at the close of the last financial year, fell into the category of small and medium-sized enterprises within the meaning…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 38 bis A

…ithdrawal from the account as well as on the profits and losses generated at the time of this disposal. Trading securities transferred to the investment securities account are recorded at the market p…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Determination of taxable profits

Article 93 B

…determined under the conditions provided for in articles 93 or 93 A, realised since the end of the last tax period until the date of this event. This measure applies at the joint request of the share…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Controlled declaration system

Article 99

…credit institution, provided that they record all their income and expenditure for the year by the last day of the year at the latest.

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