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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Controls.

Article R814-49

Where controllers show negligence or incapacity in the performance of their duties, they are liable to have their approval withdrawn without prejudice, where appropriate, to disciplinary proceedings.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Controls.

Article R814-47

…He may also ask the statutory auditor who carried out the audit of his accounts pursuant to article R. 814-29 or a chartered accountant of his choice to attend the audit.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Controls.

Article R814-46

Occasional checks may be carried out unannounced.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Controls.

Article R814-43

…the Council's Bureau has designated as being subject to periodic inspection during the following year. This list is also sent to the Government Commissioner at the National Registration and Disciplina…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Controls.

Article R814-45

…o judicial administrators or judicial representatives appearing on the list provided for in Article R. 814-44 and who do not carry on their business in the same jurisdiction as the audited professiona…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Controls.

Article R814-42

Every three years, each professional is subject to an inspection covering all of his or her activity. As an exception to the previous paragraph, the person mentioned in III of Article L. 812-2 is subj…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Controls.

Article R814-44

…trators and court-appointed representatives likely to carry out inspections during the following year. This list shall include at least twenty judicial administrators and at least forty judicial repre…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Controls.

Article R814-48

…tional Registration and Disciplinary Commission, the coordinating magistrate mentioned in l'article R. 811-40, the President of the Conseil national and, depending on the case, the President of the re…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: European patents

Article R614-4

With the exception of Article R. 612-31, the provisions of Articles R. 612-26 to R. 612-32 shall apply to European patent applications filed with the Institut national de la propriété industrielle, ta…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Information system relating to vocational training provision

Article R6111-4

The information mentioned in the first paragraph of article R. 6111-3 is sent to the members of the public employment service, the operators of the vocational development advice and the bodies mention…

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