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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Compulsory books, documents and accounting vouchers.

Article R123-173

Every trader is required to keep a daybook and a general ledger. The journal book and ledger may, at the request of the trader, be quoted and initialled, in the ordinary form and free of charge, by th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Compulsory books, documents and accounting vouchers.

Article R123-174

…le supporting document. Supporting documents are filed in an order defined in the document referred to in Article R. 123-172.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Compulsory books, documents and accounting vouchers.

Article R123-175

Journal entries are recorded in the general ledger and broken down according to the chart of accounts.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Compulsory books, documents and accounting vouchers.

Article R123-172

…never the document is necessary for understanding the processing system and for carrying out controls. This document is kept for as long as the presentation of the accounting documents to which it rel…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Compulsory books, documents and accounting vouchers.

Article R123-176

The daybook and general ledger are broken down into as many subsidiary journals and subsidiary ledgers as the needs of the business require. Entries made in the journals and subsidiary ledgers are cen…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Coverage of cash requirements and investment financing

Article 916-17

For small and medium-sized cinemas, the total amount of aid is equivalent to the average of the sums entered for 2017, 2018 and 2019 in the automatic account opened for each cinema in accordance with…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Specific provisions applicable to clinical investigations of devices referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017

Article L1125-17

…f the Council of 5 April 2017, after he has been given the information provided for in paragraphs 2 to 6 of that same Article. Where it is impossible for the data subject to express his consent in wri…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 4: Provisions relating to certain establishments

Article L451-17

…provided for in article L. 414-1 is punishable by one year's imprisonment and a fine of 15,000 euros.

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions specific to certain contracts

Article R2192-17

Where the contract provides for a procedure to verify the conformity of the services, it may provide that the payment period shall run from the date on which such conformity is established, if this da…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Relationship between the payment service provider and the payment service user

Article L133-17

…loss, theft, misappropriation or any unauthorised use of his payment instrument or the data linked to it, he shall inform his payment service provider or the entity designated by the latter without d…

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