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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Organisation and supervision of the profession.

Article L821-1

…define the general guidelines and the various areas to which the obligation of continuing education may relate and shall ensure compliance with the obligations of statutory auditors in this area; 4° I…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Admission to trading

Article L421-16

…isrupts the regular operation of a trading venue, the AMF Chairman or his designated representative may suspend all or part of trading for a period not exceeding two consecutive trading days. After th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Employee savings funds.

Article R214-212

…e assets of a fonds commun de placement d'entreprise governed by articles L. 214-164 and L. 214-165 may include shares in sociétés anonymes à responsabilité limitée issued by companies governed by law…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Departmental maternal and child protection service.

Article L2112-7

…ng system provided for in article L. 162-32 of the Social Security Code.The health insurance bodies may also, by agreement, contribute from their health and social action funds to other medico-social…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Registration duty and land registration tax

Article 1594 I ter

The departmental councils of the overseas departments may, by deliberation, exempt from land registration tax or registration duty transfers of co-ownership shares in classified hotels, tourist reside…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: Financial provisions

Article L4425-26

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Health checks and surveillance

Article R1321-21

…onnement et du travail and, for radioactivity analyses, from the Minister for Health. This approval may be granted to laboratories based in another Member State of the European Community which can dem…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Title I: Trademarks and service marks

Article R712-16-1

…e cases of suspension or termination of the procedure provided for in Articles R. 712-17 and R. 712-18, the opposition shall be investigated in accordance with the following procedure: 1° The oppositi…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Own funds

Article R351-27

…funds for a maximum period of ten years after 1 January 2016, if these items: a) Were issued before 18 January 2015 ; b) At 31 December 2015, could be used in accordance with the provisions of Chapter…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Institutions and services authorised to carry out banking transactions

Article L774-14

…d in the right-hand column of the same table: Articles applicable In the wording resulting from L. 518-2 with the exception of the last two sentences of its second paragraph Act no. 2008-776 of 4 Augu…

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