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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Paragraph 1: The debtor's writ of summons

Article R322-5

…o acquaint oneself with the conditions of sale set out in the schedule of conditions of sale, which may be consulted at the registry of the enforcement judge, where it will be deposited no later than…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Approval

Article L511-17

…ithdrawal of authorisation from a branch of a credit institution referred to in I of Article L. 511-10, this decision entails the liquidation of the balance sheet and off-balance sheet items of the br…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Operating grant

Article L2315-61

…sum or staff resources equivalent to 0.22% of the gross payroll. The social and economic committee may decide, by deliberation, to devote part of its operating budget to financing training for the co…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter XI: Sharing capital gains on the sale of shares with company employees

Article L23-11-2

…e of the securities sold between the date of their acquisition and the date of their sale and which may not exceed 10% of the amount of the capital gain referred to in the first paragraph of Article L…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: The borough mayor

Article L2511-25

The borough council is chaired by the borough mayor. The arrondissement mayor is elected from within the arrondissement council. The offices of mayor of the municipality or of mayor of Paris and of ar…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Terms and conditions of implementation

Article L6211-19

…samples to another medical biology laboratory for analysis and interpretation. These transmissions may not exceed, for a calendar year, a percentage set by regulation and between 10 and 20% of the to…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Shareholders' meetings.

Article R225-77

The date after which voting forms received by the Company will no longer be taken into account may not be more than three days before the date of the General Meeting, unless a shorter period is provid…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Public advertising

Article R5122-4

…ce to the provisions of Article L. 5122-7, advertising of a medicinal product to the general public may not include any element which : 1° Makes medical consultation or surgical intervention appear su…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Common provisions

Article L312-16

…ciation certificates as well as any ceilings within which the deposit guarantee and resolution fund may have recourse to these certificates;4° The criteria taken into account by the Autorité de contrô…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: The Chairman.

Article L5211-9

…blic establishment of intermunicipal cooperation.He has sole responsibility for administration, but may delegate by decree, under his supervision and responsibility, the exercise of part of his functi…

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