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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Status of statutory auditors.

Article L822-1-5

…trading on a regulated market in France with a denomination per unit on the issue date of at least €50,000 or, for debt securities denominated in a currency other than the euro, at least equivalent to…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5141-8

…applicant or declarant.3. The rate of the tax referred to in 1 is set by decree up to a ceiling of 50,000 euros.The decree mentioned in the first paragraph of this 3 may determine a maximum amount ap…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Hosting of paper-based personal health data

Article R1111-16-1

Articles 20-1 to 20-3 of Decree no. 79-1037 of 3 December 1979 on the competence of public archive services and cooperation between administrations for the collection, preservation and communication o…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Practice as a company

Article R422-15

…sary to provide each partner with a copy and to comply with the provisions of l'article 7 du décret n° 78-704 du 3 juillet 1978 et à celles de la présente sous-section.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Flagrant crimes and offences

Article R15-33-73

…ion nationale de l'informatique et des libertés when completing the formalities provided for by loi n° 78-17 du 6 janvier 1978 relative à l'informatique, aux fichiers et aux libertés.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L312-4

…nder the conditions of this section ;2° The surety guarantee mechanism instituted by Article L. 313-50 ; 3° The investor guarantee mechanisms provided for in Articles L. 322-1 and L. 322-5.IIa - With…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Common provisions

Article 211-73

…lm production account when the direct allocation is 25% or two-thirds when the direct allocation is 50%. Where sums have been allocated as specific investment for certain animated works, the repayment…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter I: Unit-linked life assurance or capitalisation contracts.

Article R131-1-2

…tstanding commitments expressed in units of account selected pursuant to 1°, 2° or 3° do not exceed 50% of the contract's total assets. Outstanding commitments expressed in units of account selected i…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter X: Information for employees in the event of the sale of their company

Article L23-10-7

…t 2008 on the modernisation of the economy, when it wishes to sell a holding representing more than 50% of the shares in a limited liability company or shares or securities giving access to the majori…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section IV: Damaged property

Article 1056

…) By associations syndicales and cooperatives for reconstruction acting under article 16 of law no. 50-531 of 2 June 1950 and by associations syndicales de remembrement, from some of their members, wi…

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