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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Penalties

Article R824-21

Where the decision concerns a statutory auditor approved in another Member State of the European Union, the High Council shall inform the competent authorities of that State.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Penalties

Article R824-27

…petent body.The suspended or temporarily prohibited statutory auditor may not participate in the activities of the professional bodies of which he is a member.Suspension or temporary prohibition is on…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Penalties

Article R824-24

When the restricted panel imposes a financial penalty, the chairman of the High Council shall, after the decision has become final, forward to the Minister of Justice, the information relating to the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Penalties

Article R824-23

…ion appeal to the Conseil d'Etat is lodged under the conditions laid down by the Code of Administrative Justice. The chairman of the High Council or the person sanctioned may lodge a cross-appeal with…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Penalties

Article R824-26

…or certifying the documents they hold on behalf of those companies, as well as any sums already received which do not correspond to the reimbursement of expenses incurred or to work actually carried o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Penalties

Article R824-25

…ary prohibition and striking off entail, for the duration of the sanction in the first case, definitively in the second case, prohibition from practising the profession of statutory auditor. The perso…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Penalties

Article R824-20

The decision sets out the legal and factual considerations on which it is based. It indicates the time limit for appealing to the Conseil d'Etat. Where applicable, it mentions which of the costs of th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Penalties

Article R824-22

The decision shall be published on the High Council's website for a period of not less than five years. It may be made public under the conditions set out in article L. 824-13.

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IV: Provisions applicable in French Polynesia.

Article D947-2

In Article R. 721-3, the words: "and the number of chambers of each commercial court" are replaced by the words: "of the mixed commercial court of Papeete", and the words: "in the tables in Annex 7-2…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Title VII: Salary funds.

Article L471-2

The sums paid in must remain unavailable for at least five years. They are made available to the employee or his beneficiaries, at their request, in the event of redundancy, invalidity corresponding t…

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