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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Common provisions

Article L312-16

…olution Fund) under the resolution financing scheme for the application of III of article L. 312-5 ;16° The conditions and limits under which the fonds de garantie des dépôts et de résolution may cont…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Certification of accounts

Article A823-16

…n-compliance with legal and regulatory texts identified to the bodies referred to in Article L. 823-16 of the French Commercial Code or shall ensure that they have been informed.Impact on the opinion1…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Payment institutions

Article L775-16

…no. 2017-1252 of 9 August 2017 L. 522-15 Order no. 2009-866 of 15 July 2009 L. 522-15-1 and L. 522-16 law no. 2013-672 of 26 July 2013 L. 522-17 Order no. 2013-544 of 27 June 2013 L. 522-18 Order no.…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 722-16

…ng to English subtitling and 45% for each of the other foreign versions, subject to a maximum of :- 16 per minute for a foreign version per work chosen by the company;- €10 per minute for other foreig…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter II: Respect for the human body

Article 16-8

No information enabling both the person who has donated an element or product of their body and the person who has received it to be identified may be disclosed. The donor may not know the identity of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VII: Simplified joint stock companies.

Article L227-16

Under the conditions they determine, the Articles of Association may provide that a shareholder may be required to transfer his shares. They may also provide for the suspension of the non-pecuniary ri…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Operating conditions

Article L5125-16

A pharmacy may only remain open in the absence of its proprietor if the latter has been duly replaced. The annex mentioned in article L. 5125-7-1 may not remain open to the public in the absence of a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Procedure

Article R4234-16

Where the complaint or submissions are inadmissible on grounds that can be remedied in the course of the proceedings, the court may reject them by noting the inadmissibility of its own motion until it…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: The National Council of Commercial Courts.

Article R721-16

The Board may only meet if the majority of its members are present. It may validly adopt a deliberation only with a majority of fourteen of its members.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Control procedures

Article R225-162

The statutory auditor may only convene the shareholders' meeting after having unsuccessfully requested that it be convened by the Board of Directors or the Management Board, as the case may be, by reg…

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