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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Remuneration of the administrator, the administrator responsible for the implementation of the plan, the mandataire judiciaire and the liquidator

Article R663-34

…ngs are stopped before the closure of the proceedings. Subject to the provisions of articles R. 663-13 and R. 663-31, the president of the court or his delegate shall rule in the light of a detailed a…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The High Council of Statutory Auditors

Article R821-2

…osts, sets remuneration and compensation subject to the provisions of articles R. 821-10 and R. 821-13 ; for the application of the Labour Code, it exercises the powers of the company director; 3° Has…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Financial assistance

Article R5213-76

The employment of the people mentioned in article L. 5213-13-1 or the fulfilment of the mission provided for inarticle L. 412-3 of the Penitentiary Code with prisoners recognised as disabled workers w…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Governance

Article L224-21

…he persons consulted under the conditions and subject to the penalties provided for in articles 226-13 and 226-14 of the French Penal Code. The Committee may hear the relevant statutory auditor(s), wh…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Safeguards.

Article L621-2

…pplies where the debtor has committed a serious breach of the obligations set out in Article L. 526-13 or fraud against a creditor holding a general lien on the assets covered by the proceedings.For t…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Nationals of a Member State of the European Union or of another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area wishing to settle in France

Article R212-89

…have been the subject of one of the convictions or measures mentioned in articles L. 212-9, L. 212-13 and L. 232-23 or of a legal ban on exercising the activities mentioned in article L. 212-1 and su…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Annual consultation on the economic and financial situation of the company

Article L2312-25

…cle L. 232-2 of the Commercial Code and the economic interest groupings mentioned in article L. 251-13 of the same code, the documents drawn up pursuant to the same article L. 251-13 and articles L. 2…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title III: Conditional release

Article D527-1

…person who has been sentenced to life imprisonment or who, regardless of the length of detention remaining to be served, has been sentenced either to a term of imprisonment or criminal detention equa…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE II: EXPENDITURE

Article L4321-1

…l'hôtel de la région;2° Les dépenses relatives aux indemnités de fonction prévues aux articles L. 4135-15 to L. 4135-18 and the training costs for elected representatives referred to in Article L. 41…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Advertising.

Article L5422-18

…articles L. 5121-8 and L. 5121-9-1 or the parallel import authorisation pursuant to article L. 5124-13 or one of the registrations referred to in articles L. 5121-13 and L. 5121-14-1 ;2° Any advertise…

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