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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Purpose.

Article L5134-20

…) is to facilitate the professional integration of unemployed people experiencing particular social and professional difficulties in accessing employment. To this end, it includes vocational support m…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Shares.

Article R228-24

For the application of Article L. 228-27, the defaulting shareholder is given formal notice by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt.The sale of shares not admitted to trading on a regulat…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Shares.

Article R228-25

…ister of registered shares. If the shares issued are in registered form, the acquirer is registered and new certificates indicating the payment of the instalments called up and marked "duplicate" are…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Shares.

Article R228-26

The period referred to in the first paragraph of article L. 228-29 is thirty days from the formal notice provided for in the first paragraph of article L. 228-27.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article D6124-27

…e following sectors: 1° A reception area with at least one room for patients' relatives to relax in and a room dedicated to discussions between the care team and families, with due regard for confiden…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Tasks.

Article R4643-2

…ent et des Travaux Publics is to contribute to the promotion of the prevention of accidents at work and occupational or work-related illnesses, and to the improvement of working conditions in member c…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: Endowments, grants and miscellaneous funds

Article L2335-2-1

…palities affected by the territorial redeployment of armed forces. The communes of French Polynesia and New Caledonia are eligible for this fund. The distribution of the fund's credits takes into acco…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Statutory audit, other engagements and services performed by statutory auditors

Article R823-7-2

The report identifying the financial, accounting and management risks to which the company is exposed, referred to in Article L. 823-12-1, is signed by the statutory auditor, a natural person, or, whe…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
XIX: Declaration of income from transferable securities (IFU)

Article 242 ter C

…companies of venture capital mutual funds, specialised professional funds falling under article L. 214-37of the Monetary and Financial Code in its wording prior to Order no. 2013-676 of 25 July 2013…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: The insurance certificate.

Article R211-21-3

The certificate referred to in article R. 211-21-2 is issued by the insurance undertaking within a maximum of fifteen days of taking out the contract and renewed when subsequent premiums or portions o…

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