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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Nullity, dissolution and liquidation.

Article R814-144

In the case provided for in the second paragraph of article 37 of law no. 66-879 of 29 November 1966, the net assets of the company remaining after extinction of liabilities and repayment of capital a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Etablissement public de santé national de Fresnes.

Article R6147-90-1

…ssement public de santé de Fresnes is subject to the provisions of titles I and III of decree no. 2012-1246 of 7 November 2012 relating to public budgetary and accounting management, with the exceptio…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Shareholders' meetings.

Article R225-88

…market infrastructures based on distributed ledger technology, and amending Regulations (EU) No 600/2014 and (EU) No 909/2014 and Directive 2014/65/EU.The shareholders referred to in the first paragra…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Budgets and accounts

Article D4425-19

…rom the report presented to the territorial social committee as provided for in article 51 of law 2012-347 of 12 March 2012, relating to recruitment, training, working hours, professional promotion, w…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 AH

…lies to small and medium-sized enterprises, within the meaning of Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 of 17 June 2014 declaring certain categories of aid compatible with the internal market in appl…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: End of the research period

Article L1233-57-21

…on agreement concluded between the company and the administrative authority pursuant to articles L. 1233-84 to L. 1233-90. Having regard to the employer's ability to avoid redundancies or to limit the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Subscription and purchase of shares by employees

Article L22-10-56

…bodies become aware of inside information within the meaning of Article 7 of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on market abuse (Market Abuse Re…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Transfer of the business.

Article L642-4-1

…sation, approval, agreement or authorisation, mentioned in the 1° or 2° of II of Article 1 of Law n°2014-856 of 31 July 2014 relating to the social and solidarity economy, the bidder shall consult the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Organisation and supervision of the profession.

Article L821-9

…x comptes, under conditions that comply with the provisions of Article 26 of Regulation (EU) No 537/2014 of 16 April 2014. When they concern statutory auditors who do not carry out engagements with pu…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Transfers of charges and income between the Rhône department and the Lyon metropolitan authority

Article L3663-3

…g the charges and resources transferred from the Rhône department, created by Article 38 of Law no. 2014-58 of 27 January 2014 on the modernisation of territorial public action and the affirmation of…

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