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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE I: Preliminary provisions.

Article L210-10

A company may publicly state that it is a mission-driven company if the following conditions are met: 1° Its articles of association specify a raison d'être, within the meaning of article 1835 of the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Voter information, election campaign and voting operations

Article LO1112-10

…territorial collectivity have declared their affiliation. Each elected representative or candidate may belong to only one party or political grouping. A decree in the Conseil d'Etat shall lay down th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 5: Accounting provisions

Article L214-109

…uring the financial year, and if necessary, the Supervisory Board provided for in article L. 214-99 may authorise the modification of these values, on the basis of a reasoned report from the managemen…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Hygiene of buildings and built-up areas.

Article L1331-10

…ges of non-domestic wastewater into the public sewerage system must be authorised in advance by the mayor or, where responsibility for sewerage at the point of discharge has been transferred to a publ…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Economic rights

Article R122-10

…esponsible for payment of the droit de suite shall pay him the amount thereof within a period which may not exceed four months from the date of receipt of the request or, if the request is received pr…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: Supplementary supervision of financial conglomerates

Article L633-10

…e it does not carry out the verification itself, the competent authority that submitted the request may, if it so wishes, be involved.II. - When the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution or…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Research mentioned in 1° of Article L. 1121-1 requiring express authorisation involving the products mentioned in Articles L. 1125-1 to L. 1125-3

Article R1125-10

…involving the products mentioned in 7° of Article R. 1125-7. The time limits mentioned in 3° and 4° may be extended by ninety days if the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médica…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book Va: General provisions

Article A53-10

…d paragraph of Article 802-3. The broadcast of the proceedings to the civil parties is deferred. It may be interrupted at any time by the presiding judge. The retransmission chain is secure from the e…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Applying for leave as part of a career transition project

Article R6323-10

…e of a response within this period, authorisation is deemed to have been granted. IV - The employer may only refuse to grant the leave requested if the employee fails to comply with the conditions set…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section V: Purchases by French companies from French suppliers in competition with a foreign company receiving official export support

Article R442-10-6

The guarantee provided for in a ter of 1° of article L. 432-2 may be granted to French supplier companies and to the beneficiaries provided for in a bis of the same article under the conditions provid…

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