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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Distribution of profit-sharing.

Article L3314-11

The sums which could not be distributed because of the rules defined in articles L. 3314-5 and L. 3314-8 are, if the agreement so provides, immediately distributed among all the employees and, where a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Prevention plan.

Article R4512-12

…o the Labour Inspectorate, to the prevention officers of the social security bodies and, where applicable, to the Organisme professionnel de prévention du bâtiment et des travaux publics; 2° The head…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Approval and exclusion.

Article L125-12

The contract of incorporation or the Articles of Association, as the case may be, may make any transfer of shares subject to the approval of the transferee by the general meeting of the group or by th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions applicable to speeding offences

Article A37-11

Notwithstanding articles A. 37-7 to A. 37-10, the characteristics of the forms used for the contraventions punishable by articles R. 413-14 et R. 413-17 of the Highway Code insofar as they concern exc…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Continuation of the business.

Article R622-11

For the application of the second and third paragraphs of Article L. 622-10, the matter shall be referred to the court by petition or, where applicable, in the forms and according to the procedure pro…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Personal data protection committees and competent authority

Article L1123-12

I.-The competent authority for the research involving the human person provided for in article L. 1121-1 is the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé (French National Age…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Approval, transfer and cessation of business.

Article R522-11

…provided in full or in part in money, annuities, securities admitted to trading on a regulated market, or by a first mortgage on immovable property with a value double the sum guaranteed. It may also…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Administrative organisation

Article R232-10

…the French Anti-Doping Agency, referred to in article L. 232-6, deliberates on : 1° The annual budget and its modifications during the year ; 2° The financial account and the allocation of results; 3…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 4: Dissolution and liquidation of the company.

Article R743-116

For the application of article R. 743-79, if the successors of members who die in the case provided for in Article R. 743-67, or the partners in the other cases of dissolution of the company with the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Issue of the licence and prior declaration

Article R7123-11

…licence must inform the prefect referred to in article R. * 7123-9 within one month, by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, of any change in the location of the registered office of the…

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