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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Terms of engagement and services of the statutory auditor

Article R823-21

…relating in particular to its own structure, drawn up in accordance with the provisions of Article 13 of Regulation (EU) No 537/2014 of 16 April 2014, within four months of the end of the financial y…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Employment obligation

Article D5212-7

…employee is recognised as benefiting from the employment obligation provided for in article L. 5212-13 send their client companies an annual certificate, in accordance with a model defined by order of…

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Composition

Article R6147-122

…he Users' Commission are bound by professional secrecy under the conditions defined in articles 226-13 and 226-14 of the French Penal Code. They must also exercise professional discretion with regard…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Expenditure

Article L3664-1

…cal civil service, expenditure relating to the services mentioned in article 9 of law no. 83-634 of 13 July 1983 on the rights and obligations of civil servants;7° Interest on the debt ;8° The operati…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Expenditure

Article L5217-12-1

…cal civil service, expenditure relating to the services mentioned in article 9 of law no. 83-634 of 13 July 1983 on the rights and obligations of civil servants; 5° The contribution to the budget of t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Pay slip

Article R3243-1

…tributions payable by the employer and the employee before deduction of the exemptions mentioned in 13° and, for statutory and collective bargaining contributions payable by the employee, their rates;…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to the conditions of transmission of samples to medical biology laboratories established in another Member State of the European Union or party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article D6221-30

…order of the Minister for Health, issued after consulting the committee referred to in Article L. 6213-12, carries out the analytical phase of a medical biology laboratory examination begun in France,…

AI translation · Updated 30 Oct 2023Open Article
French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Managing Director

Article R411-17

…locating aid for social tourism and leisure facilities and the actions mentioned in articles L. 411-13 and L. 411-14, in compliance with the general conditions of allocation determined by the Board of…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Chief Executive Officer

Article R1418-15

…acts that are not reserved to the Board of Directors by virtue of the provisions of article R. 1418-13. Each year, it proposes to the Board of Directors the general guidelines of the Agency's policy.…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Immovable property liens

Article 2377

…s; the deferred salary, for the year due and for the current year, instituted by the article L. 321-13 du code rural et de la pêche maritime; -the surviving spouse's claims instituted by the

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