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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Professional non-trading companies

Article R422-22

The Articles of Association may allocate a reduced number of votes to partners who only exercise their profession on a part-time basis. They may also allocate partners a reduced number of votes for as…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Professional non-trading companies

Article R422-27

Each shareholder may, at any time, inspect, under the conditions set out in Article 48 of Decree no. 78-704 of 3 July 1978, the company's annual financial statements and the report on the company's re…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Provisions relating to jurisdiction

Article R615-2

The court hearing an action for infringement of a French patent shall stay the proceedings where the unified patent jurisdiction is simultaneously seised of an application based on a unitary patent or…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Renewal of residence permit

Article R433-2

A foreign national who has already been admitted to reside in France and who is applying for the renewal of a multiannual residence permit must submit, in support of their application, the documents r…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Circulation of the euro

Article L721-2

The introduction of the euro in Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon shall not have the effect of modifying the terms of a legal instrument or of releasing or dispensing with its performance,…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Calculation of profit-sharing.

Article L3314-2

To qualify for the exemptions provided for in articles L. 3315-1 to L. 3315-3, the collective employee profit-sharing scheme must be of a random nature and result from a calculation formula linked to…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Implementation within the company.

Article L3322-2

Companies employing at least fifty employees guarantee the right of their employees to share in the company's results. The same applies to undertakings constituting an economic and social unit referre…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Registration on the jobseekers' list.

Article L5411-2

Jobseekers must periodically renew their registration in accordance with the procedures laid down by order of the Minister for Employment and the category in which they have been registered.They must…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Provisions relating to Mayotte

Article L5524-2

For the application of article L. 5421-4 in Mayotte, the words: "in article L. 161-17-2 of the Social Security Code" are replaced by the words: "in the first paragraph of article 6 of order no. 2002-4…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Powers of the regions

Article L6121-2

I.-The region organises and finances the regional public vocational training service in accordance with the following principles.Anyone seeking to enter the labour market, regardless of where they liv…

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