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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Miscellaneous provisions

Article R123-234-1

The Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques is authorised to use the national register for the identification of natural persons to certify, and where necessary to bring into lin…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Miscellaneous provisions

Article R123-220-1

Within the register, the entities listed in 1° to 6° of Article R. 123-220 are referred to as legal units.Within the register, an establishment is any place where the legal unit carries out all or par…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Miscellaneous provisions

Article R123-222-1

…omenclature indicates, for each legal category, whether it falls under 1° of II of Article 1 of Law 2014-856 of 31 July 2014 on the social and solidarity economy. The Institute ensures the disseminati…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Miscellaneous provisions

Article R123-232-1

…jects to this data being made available to the public for canvassing purposes pursuant to paragraph 2 of Article 21 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 Apri…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Supervision on a consolidated basis by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution and college of supervisors

Article R613-3-2

…udentiel et de résolution receives an application for authorisation pursuant to I of Article L. 613-20-4, it shall give its decision no later than six months from receipt of the complete application.…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Applying for leave as part of a career transition project

Article R6323-10-2

…ding order of priority: 1° Requests which have already been submitted and which have been deferred; 2° Requests made by employees whose training course has had to be interrupted for legitimate reasons…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Provisions specific to entry 4: "paediatric haematology intensive care".

Article D6124-34-2

…The team includes at least one state-qualified nursery nurse for every four state-qualified nurses;2° One nursery assistant or auxiliary nurse for every six open beds;3° Where necessary, a psychologi…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter III: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO SAINT-MARTIN

Article L443-2

…lation and regulations applicable locally and in compliance with the powers of the local authority; 2° The civic training mentioned in 1° of article L. 413-3 includes a section relating to the history…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Creation procedure

Article L2113-2

…y be created in place of contiguous communes:1° Either at the request of all the municipal councils;2° Or at the request of at least two-thirds of the municipal councils of the communes that are membe…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter I: Internal taxes.

Article 266 undecies

…For taxpayers liable for value added tax subject to the normal actual taxation system mentioned in 2 of Article 287 of the General Tax Code, on declarations sent at the same time as the declaration m…

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