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Showing 15711580 of 47859 articles for Art. 151 septies · CE plén. 13 June 2018 n° 401942 · CE 17 May 1995 · CE 26 September 2018 · CE 28 April 2006 · CAA Paris 9 November 2011 · BOI-BIC-PVMV-40-10-10-10 et -20

French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Shareholders' meetings.

Article L225-107

I. Any shareholder may vote by post, using a form, the details of which are set by decree in the Conseil d'Etat. Any provisions of the Articles of Association to the contrary shall be deemed to be unw…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to securities giving access to the capital.

Article L228-105

Holders of securities giving access to the capital have, under the conditions laid down by decree of the Conseil d'Etat, a right of disclosure to the company issuing the securities they are entitled t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3° : Legal aid

Article 1090 B

When it takes the place of registration duties under Article 664, any land registration tax that may be due is liquidated as a debit under the conditions indicated, for registration duties, in II of A…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Expert

Article R7343-104

The expert, who may be a natural person or a legal entity: 1° Provides proof of insurance to cover its liability and, in the case of a legal entity, of its legal status; 2° Has the organisational, hum…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: General principles

Article L1611-10

…ts obligations under the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and that the obligation concerned falls wholly or partly within the remit of local and regional authorities or their groupings…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Liability of establishments with regard to the property of residents

Article L1113-10

The procedures for implementing this chapter are determined by decree in the Conseil d'Etat, and in particular :1° The conditions under which the institution's agents or the public accountants authori…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Life insurance with variable capital on real estate.

Article L160-10

Non-trading property companies (sociétés civiles à objet strictement immobilier), other than non-trading property investment companies (sociétés civiles de placement immobilier), whose units are wholl…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Chapter II: Amicable distribution

Article R332-10

…must be accompanied by: 1° A mortgage statement dated after publication of the sale; 2° Proof of receipt of the proposed distribution; 3° The proposed distribution or the minutes of the agreement con…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IX: The European Company

Article L229-10

Any European Company may convert into a public limited company if, at the time of the conversion, it has been registered for more than two years and has had the balance sheet for its first two financi…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions.

Article 1075-2

If his or her property comprises a sole proprietorship of an industrial, commercial, craft, agricultural or liberal nature or shares in a company carrying on an industrial, commercial, craft, agricult…

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