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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Management, administrative and executive bodies

Article L323-12

…ns shall provide for procedures ensuring the prevention and handling of conflicts of interest which may arise in the performance of the duties of members of the management, administrative and executiv…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Creation of delegated communes within a new commune

Article L2113-12

The municipal council of a new commune may decide, by a two-thirds majority of its members, to create in one or more delegated communes a council of the delegated commune, composed of a delegated mayo…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7a: Forestry and insurance investment account

Article D221-123

…e in order to use the sums under the conditions provided for in the second paragraph of article L. 352-3 of the French Forestry Code, the total amount of these withdrawals may not exceed 30% of the su…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions relating to portfolio management companies.

Article R532-12

…within three months of the date of receipt of the file that complies with the standard file.The AMF may extend this period by up to a further three months if it deems it necessary in view of the parti…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Reinforced individual health monitoring for temporary workers

Article R4625-12

…dical fitness examinations carried out in application of sub-section 2 of section 2 of this chapter may be carried out for several jobs, up to a maximum of three. They are carried out by the occupatio…

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Tax CodeIn force
4: Income from receivables, deposits and guarantees

Article 124 C

The amount of the gains mentioned in Article 124 B is set in accordance with the conditions set out in the first paragraph of 1 and 2 of Article 150-0 D. However, the costs of acquisition for valuable…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Serial analysis files

Article 230-12

…e, the national police and gendarmerie services and units responsible for a judicial police mission may implement, under the control of the judicial authorities, automated processing of personal data…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Breach of contract.

Article L1237-12

…ree on the principle of a contractual termination during one or more meetings at which the employee may be assisted:1° Either by a person of his choice from the company's staff, whether an employee ho…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Profits

Article L232-12

…les of Association, and taking into account retained earnings, has made a profit, interim dividends may be distributed before the financial statements for the financial year are approved. The amount o…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Adoption of the budget and settlement of accounts

Article LO6471-12

…ject to compliance with the provisions of articles LO 6471-4, LO 6471-10 and LO 6471-11, amendments may be made to the budget by the territorial council, up to the end of the financial year to which t…

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