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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter one: Payment of tax

Article 1724 quater

Any person who fails to carry out the checks provided for in Article L. 8222-1 of the Labour Code or who has been convicted of having used, directly or through an intermediary, the services of a perso…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Consultation on the economic and financial situation of the company

Article R2312-17

In the absence of an agreement as provided for in article L. 2312-19, in undertakings with at least three hundred employees, the employer provides the Social and Economic Committee with the informatio…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Tax penalties

Article 1735 ter

Failure to respond or partial response to the formal notice referred to in III of Article L. 13 AA and in the second paragraph of article L. 13 AB of the Book of Tax Procedures entails the application…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Procedures for compiling statistics (R)

Article R1614-17

The mayor or the president of the public establishment for inter-communal cooperation sends the prefect: 1° A copy of each application for a building permit, development permit and demolition permit,…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Travel allowances and expenses

Article R2523-17

For each mediation, a lump-sum compensation is allocated to the mediators on the lists mentioned in article R. 2523-3 who have acted in this capacity and in application of articles L. 2523-1 to L. 252…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Public limited companies.

Article R225-171

The president of the commercial court in the jurisdiction of the company's registered office, ruling at the request of the chairman of the board of directors or the management board of the société ano…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Steering Committee

Article R1418-17

The Steering Committee examines the Agency's medical and scientific policy with regard to ethical issues likely to arise in its field of competence, in particular when it is consulted on applications…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Internal model

Article R352-17

If, after having received the necessary approval from the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution for the use of an internal model, an insurance or reinsurance undertaking ceases to comply wi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: The Trade and Companies Register

Article R123-170

…istered office in the same premises of which one has the use are not required to enter into a domiciliation contract with each other.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Caisses de crédit agricole mutuel.

Article R512-17

The Regional Mutuals shall repay to the central body the advances granted to them by the central body as and when they obtain repayment of the loans granted with the aid of these advances and at the l…

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