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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions common to mutual insurance companies with a board of directors and general management and with a supervisory board and management board

Article R322-57

I.-Any agreement entered into directly or through an intermediary between a mutual insurance company and one of its directors, members of the supervisory board, members of the management board or sala…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Permanent derogation as of right

Article R3132-5

Industries in which materials susceptible to very rapid alteration are used and those in which any interruption of work would result in the loss or depreciation of the product being manufactured, as w…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Open-ended inclusion contracts

Article D5132-10-5

People aged at least fifty-seven who are experiencing social and professional difficulties may enter into an open-ended inclusion contract with an integration enterprise, as provided for in article L.…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Identification and verification of customer identity

Article R561-5-2

For the application of 2° of I of Article L. 561-5, and when the measures provided for in 1° to 4° of Article R. 561-5-1 cannot be implemented, the persons referred to in Article L. 561-2 shall verify…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 9: Occupational health medical file

Article R4624-45-5

The occupational health medical record may be entered and consulted by the health professionals in charge of the individual monitoring of workers provided for in Article L. 4624-1 in compliance with t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 5: The electronic portal

Article Annexe art. R814-58-6

ANNEX TO ARTICLE R. 814-58-6 OF THE COMMERCIAL CODE Data and information that may be recorded in the electronic portal with regard to third parties who receive or issue the documents referred to in th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 5: The electronic portal

Article Annexe art. R814-58-2

ANNEX TO ARTICLE R. 814-58-2 OF THE COMMERCE CODE Data and information provided when registering on the portal Contents of the declaration 1° Identity of the person concerned (surname, first names), d…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Libraries

Article D1421-5-1

In application of the provisions of article L. 1421-5, the rules relating to departmental libraries are laid down by the provisions of Article R. 330-1 of the Heritage Code.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
c: Taxation based on actual profits

Article 53 A

Subject to the provisions of article 302 septies A bis, taxpayers other than those subject to the regime defined in article 50-0 (1), are required to submit annual tax returns, in accordance with the…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
c: Taxation based on actual profits

Article 54 octies

The taxpayers referred to in the first paragraph of 1 of II of Article 39 C are required to provide, in the month following the start of the depreciation allowed as a deduction from taxable income, a…

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