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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 6: Committees - Representation on outside bodies

Article L4132-22

The Regional Council appoints its members or delegates to sit on outside bodies in the cases and under the conditions laid down by the provisions governing these bodies. The fixing by the aforemention…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 19: Medical practice

Article D6124-221

The care circuit for children and adolescents in a medical inpatient unit, downstream of the paediatric emergency department, is organised when such an emergency department is located on the same site…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: The status of the sole trader

Article L526-22

The sole trader is a natural person who carries on one or more independent professional activities in his own name.The assets, rights, obligations and securities which he holds and which are useful fo…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L132-22

Each year, the insurance or capitalisation company will inform the policyholder of:-the amount of the surrender value or, for contracts linked to the cessation of professional activity, the transfer v…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°: Treatment of losses incurred before joining the group

Article 223 I

1. a) Losses incurred by a group company in respect of financial years prior to its entry into the group may only be offset against its profits, subject to the limits and conditions set out in the thi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Inspection and maintenance of facilities

Article R4222-22

Joint decrees by the Ministers of Labour and Agriculture set: 1° The methods for measuring concentration, flow rate, capture, filtration and purification efficiency; 2° The nature and frequency of ins…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Organisation

Article L512-22

The Caisses de Crédit Agricole Mutuel admit as members agricultural groups or their members, communities, associations and organisations, the list of which is set by decree, as well as rural craftsmen…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1st Subsection: General provisions

Article 223 A

I. - A company, hereinafter referred to as the "parent company", may be solely liable for the corporation tax due on all the profits of the group formed by itself and the companies in which it holds a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Scope of application.

Article L7122-22

The provisions of this section apply : 1° To the persons mentioned in article L. 7122-19; 2° To persons whose main activity or purpose is not the operation of places of entertainment, leisure parks or…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Insurance on goods transported by all modes of transport

Article L173-22

In the event that an insured who has taken out a policy operating by declaration of foodstuffs has not complied with the obligations laid down by decree, the contract may be cancelled without delay at…

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