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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The High Council of Statutory Auditors

Article R821-14-19

…is subject to the provisions of ordonnance no. 2015-899 of 23 July 2015 relating to public contracts.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The High Council of Statutory Auditors

Article R821-14-16

Revenue and expenditure accounts may be set up at the High Council by a decision of its Chairman with the approval of the accounting officer under the conditions laid down in the decree no. 2019-798 o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The High Council of Statutory Auditors

Article R821-14-13

…unting officer shall comply with the requisition and report to the minister responsible for the budget, who shall forward the requisition order to the Court of Auditors. By way of derogation from the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The High Council of Statutory Auditors

Article R821-14-15

…counting officer and proposed by the president for approval by the minister responsible for the budget. In the event of loss, destruction or theft of the supporting documents provided to the accountin…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The High Council of Statutory Auditors

Article R821-19-1

The High Council shall inform the body referred to in Article 30(2) of Regulation (EU) No 537/2014 of all administrative measures and penalties imposed in accordance with the provisions of this Title.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Minimum solvency margin requirement

Article R334-13-1

Where a contract referred to in Article R. 342-1 provides that management expenses are not fixed for a period exceeding five years, and where the insurance undertaking does not assume an investment ri…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Leave

Article R6153-1-14

…ir duties are entitled, after receiving the opinion of the medical committee referred to in article R. 6152-36, to long-term leave for a maximum of twenty-four months per condition for periods not exc…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Leave

Article R6153-1-12

…receives, for the first three months of this leave, the full emoluments mentioned in 1° of article R. 6153-1-7 as well as the supervised autonomy allowance and, where applicable, allowances represent…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Personal recovery procedure with compulsory liquidation

Article R742-14

…ths of the publication of the opening judgment, draw up the debtor's economic and social balance sheet. This balance sheet includes a statement of claims and, where applicable, a proposed plan includi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Single integration contract

Article R5522-12

…tion in Guadeloupe, Guyana, Martinique, La Réunion, Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, a paragraph is added to article R. 5134-63 as follows: "When the State contributes to t…

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