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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Employment obligation

Article D5212-7

…ported employee is recognised as benefiting from the employment obligation provided for in article L. 5212-13 send their client companies an annual certificate, in accordance with a model defined by…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IVa - Brokerage of medicinal products

Article R5124-74

The declaration provided for in Article L. 5124-20 shall be sent to the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé by the person carrying out the brokering activity or by the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Registration of homeopathic medicines.

Article R5141-70

The registration of a homeopathic veterinary medicinal product mentioned in Article L. 5141-9 may be refused, suspended or withdrawn by the Director General of the Agency. Decisions to refuse, suspend…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Obligations.

Article R228-79

In the case provided for in Article L. 228-72, the decision of the board of directors, the management board or the legal representative of the company to overrule the refusal of approval by the genera…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Certification and publication of the accounts of trade unions and professional employers' organisations

Article D2135-7

…or employers and their unions, and the associations of employees or employers mentioned in article L. 2135-1 whose resources within the meaning of article D. 2135-9 are equal to or greater than 230,0…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 4: Nullity, dissolution and liquidation of the company.

Article R743-73

…icers.No one may be appointed liquidator if they have reached the age limit provided for in article L. 741-1.He may be replaced due to impediment or for any other serious reason by the president of th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Single section: Notification, publication and filing

Article D2231-7

…any, establishment and inter-company agreements, a) A publishable version as referred to in article L. 2231-5-1, which takes account, where applicable, of the amendments made in accordance with I. of…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Special schemes

Article 730 quinquies

…rtaking or professional real estate collective investment undertaking within the meaning of article L. 214-45 of the Monetary and Financial Code. In the cases mentioned in a and b, transfers are subje…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Local investment funds.

Article R214-77

For the purposes of 1° of I of article L. 214-31, a company is deemed to carry out its activities mainly in establishments located in the regions or geographical area chosen by a local investment fund…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Leasing

Article R754-7

…I: "1° For leasing transactions involving movable property, registrations made pursuant to Article L. 313-10 shall be time-barred after five years, unless renewed ; "2° In Article R. 313-12, the word…

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