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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-sub-paragraph 2: Declarations for the purposes of amending or cancelling registration

Article R123-247

Any change requiring a correction or addition to the information provided for in articles R. 123-243 to R. 123-246, as well as the following additional information, shall be entered in the National Re…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 4: The National Safety Commission for Sports Venues

Article R312-24

The term of office of the members of the Commission appointed in application of 2° of article R. 312-22 ends on 30 June of the year following the Summer Olympic Games. Any member who loses the capacit…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 6: Criminal provisions

Article L232-28

Legal entities declared criminally liable, under the conditions set out in article 121-2 of the French Penal Code, for the offences defined in article L. 232-26 shall incur, in addition to the fine se…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Financial allocations paid by France Compétences

Article R6123-24

…ompétences pays the State an annual grant to finance training for jobseekers in application of b of 3° of article L. 6123-5.The amount of this allocation is set by decision of the France Compétences B…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : The Regional Economic and Social Council

Article D4134-28

…al to:1° Seventy hours for the chairmen of the regional economic, social and environmental councils;2° Twenty-one hours for the members of the council..

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Accounting obligations applicable to certain traders.

Article L123-28-2

By way of derogation from articles L. 123-12 to L. 123-23, the legal entities mentioned in the second paragraph of article L. 123-16-1 may draw up an abbreviated balance sheet and an abbreviated profi…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
XX ter: Declaration of overseas investments

Article 242 septies

…or others the tax benefits provided for in articles 199 undecies A, 199 undecies B, 199 undecies C, 217 undecies, 217 duodecies, 244 quater W, 244 quater X or 244 quater Y may only be exercised by com…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Obligations of the insurer

Article L175-28

The insurer may stipulate that no acknowledgement of liability or settlement made outside the insurer may be set up against it. The admission of the materiality of a fact cannot be equated with an adm…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Limited liability companies.

Article L223-28

…participate in decisions and has a number of votes equal to the number of shares he owns. A partner may be represented by his spouse unless the company comprises only the two spouses. Unless there are…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Agreement

Article R5123-28

No agreement for the cessation of activity may be entered into with a company that has already entered into an agreement for the allocation of the special allowance for older workers, during the perio…

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