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French Commercial codeIn force
APPENDIX 7-4 (APPENDIX TO ARTICLE A. 713-26)

Article Annexe 7-4

Trade 10.13B Delicatessen. 10.71B Baking of bakery products. 10.71C Bakery and pastry goods. 10.71D Pastry goods. 35.14Z Trade of electricity. 35.23Z Trade of gaseous fuels through mains. 45.11Z Sale…

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French Commercial codeIn force
APPENDIX 7-5 (APPENDIX TO ARTICLE A. 742-6)

Article Annexe 7-5

Written Civil law Persons. Property. Obligations (contracts and liabilities). Securities and privileges. Commercial law Traders. Commercial deeds. Commercial books. The trade and companies register; p…

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French Commercial codeIn force
APPENDIX 7-6 (APPENDIX TO ARTICLE A. 742-11)

Article Annexe 7-6

I. - Civil lawPersons: law of persons; enjoyment and deprivation of civil rights.The family: minority; guardianship and emancipation; protected adults.Property: movable and immovable property; inherit…

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French Commercial codeIn force
APPENDIX 7-9 (APPENDIX TO ARTICLE A. 752-4)

Article Annexe 7-9

TABLE SUMMARY OF THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PROJECT PROVIDED FOR IN ARTICLES R. 752-16 AND R. 752-38 OF THE COMMERCIAL CODEYou can consult the full text with its images from the extract from the authe…

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French Commercial codeIn force
APPENDIX 8-7 (APPENDIX TO ARTICLE A. 822-6)

Article Annexe 8-7

…ing and management control A.-.Financial accounting:The articles L. 123-12 to L. 123-28 and R. 123-172 to R. 123-208 of the French Commercial Code. Accounting principles and standards, their sources a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: National cosmetovigilance system

Article R5131-7

…precautions for use referred to in point d of paragraph 1 of Article 19 of Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 of 30 November 2009. "Adverse reaction" means a reaction which is harmful to human health attri…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Specific powers of the Paris Judicial Court and the Financial Public Prosecutor

Article 705

…Court exercise concurrent jurisdiction with that resulting from the application of Articles 43,52, 704 and 706-42 for the prosecution, investigation and trial of the following offences: 1° Offences p…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title III: Conditional release

Article 729

…o follow the treatment offered to him or her by the sentence enforcement judge pursuant to articles 717-1 and 763-7. The same applies when the sentence enforcement judge is informed, pursuant to artic…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
D: Special schemes and exemptions

Article 795

…manuscripts, made to establishments with civil status, other than those referred to in I of Article 794, if these works and objects are intended to feature in a public collection;2° Gifts and legacies…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VIII: Criminal records

Article 775

…nor; 2° Convictions whose mention in bulletin no. 2 has been expressly excluded pursuant to article 775-1 ; 3° Convictions for police offences ; 4° Suspended sentences, with or without probation, wher…

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