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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: The Board of Directors and General Management

Article R22-10-14

…The decision-making process used to determine the remuneration of corporate officers 2° The decision-mak…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Provisions applicable to certain categories of workers.

Article L5523-2

…icles…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Funds open to non-professional investors

Article R742-10

…rding indicated in the right-hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording of the decreeR. 214-32-9, R. 214-32-11 and R. 214-32-16 to R. 214-32-18n° 2013-687 of 25 July 2013R. 214-32…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Financial conglomerates

Article L517-2

…arent undertaking: an undertaking which has exclusive control, within the meaning of Article L. 233-16 of the Commercial Code, over one or more other undertakings, or which, in the opinion of the comp…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
C: Special arrangements applicable to distance sales of goods imported from third countries or territories

Article 298 sexdecies H

…has concluded an agreement on mutual assistance similar in scope to Council Directive 2010/24/EU of 16 March 2010 on mutual assistance for the recovery of claims relating to taxes, duties and other me…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE V: Provisions applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands.

Article R950-1

…COMMERCIAL DEEDTITLE II.-TRADERS' TITLEChapter I.-Definition and statusArticles R. 121-1 to R. 121-5Decree No. 2007-431 of 27 March 2007Chapter III.-General obligations of tradersArticle R. 123-1D…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
APPENDIX TO BOOK II

Article

…ndependent work" qualification sheet drawn up in accordance with the provisions of article 13 II of decree no. 2021-1926 of 30 December 2021 relating to the contribution to the production of cinematog…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The Board of Directors of the Executive Board.

Article L225-27-1

…351-1 of the French Labour Code, by the employee representative body referred to in article L. 2352-16 of the same code or, failing that, by the European Company Committee mentioned in Article L. 2353…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Economic redundancies in the context of safeguarding, reorganisation or compulsory liquidation.

Article L1233-58

…the statement of default referred to in article L. 2324-8, the administrative authority may take a decision to approve the plan. The deadlines provided for in the first paragraph of article L. 1233-5…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
C: Invoices

Article 289

…except where the taxable person avails himself of the special scheme provided for in Article 298 sexdecies G;c. For advance payments made to him before any of the transactions referred to in a and b a…

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