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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Organisation

Article R4382-6

The employing establishments, the competent order councils and the regional unions of healthcare professionals representing private medical auxiliaries promote continuing professional development prog…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes III

Article Annexe III-16 a (art. A322-82)

Conditions for teaching air diving in the natural environmentSURVEY AREASMINIMUM DIVER SKILLSSKILLSminimum of the person supervising the groupMAXIMUM NUMBERof the group(not including the person superv…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
a: Failure to declare or late declaration

Article 1728

1. Failure to file within the prescribed time limit a declaration or deed containing an indication of items to be taken into account for the assessment or liquidation of the tax shall result in the ap…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Approval

Article L511-17

I. - In the cases provided for in Articles L. 612-39 and L. 612-40 where, on a proposal from the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution, the European Central Bank has ordered the total withd…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
c: Other procedural acts

Article R40-17

Where it is clear that the person lodging the appeal lodged it after the expiry of the ten-day period provided for in Article 149-3, the chairman of the committee may, after notifying the persons list…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Approval of the plan.

Article R626-22

When the decision rejecting the plan has become final and the provisions of the second or third paragraph of Article L. 622-10 have not been applied, the court shall refer the matter to itself for the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Deeds and formalities relating to partition and sale by voluntary auction

Article A444-196

A fixed fee of €346.16 is charged for publication of the judgment in the Land Registry (number 40 in Table 6).The fee for publication of the judgment in the Land Registry (number 40 in Table 6) is €34…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Statutory audit.

Article L823-12-1

Where the auditor's term of office is limited to three financial years, in addition to the report referred to in Article L. 823-9, the statutory auditor shall prepare a report for the directors identi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: The National Enforcement Committee

Article L561-37

Any breach of the provisions of Sections 3, 4, 5 and 6 of this Chapter, of Chapter II of this Title, of directly applicable European provisions on combating money laundering and terrorist financing, i…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Special provisions for construction insurance

Article A421-11

The special reserve relating to operations resulting from the withdrawal of authorisation of an insurance undertaking covering, on the territory of the French Republic, risks covered by compulsory ins…

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