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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Certification of companies working in controlled areas

Article R4451-39

A joint order of the ministers responsible for labour and agriculture sets: 1° The list of activities or categories of activity for which the certification provided for in Article R. 4451-38 is requir…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: National Council.

Article R.4321-37-1

The National Council concludes the contracts governed byarticle L. 4321-19 under the conditions set out in Section 1 of Chapter II of Title II of Book I.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Personal bankruptcy and other prohibition measures.

Article L653-3

…Having abusively pursued a loss-making operation which could only lead to the cessation of payments;2° (Repealed).3° Having misappropriated or concealed all or part of its assets or fraudulently incre…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Shareholder default.

Article R228-24

…ement company or by a notary under the conditions provided for in article L. 211-21 of the Monetary and Financial Code.To this end, the company shall publish in a medium authorised to receive legal an…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Shareholder default.

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
Subsection 3: Shareholder default.

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 Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Operation

Article L2316-26

Works councils operate in the same way as company-level works councils.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Operation

Article L2316-25

In companies with at least fifty employees, the works' social and economic committees have legal personality.

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Compliance with the obligation to declare entry into French territory as set out in Article L. 621-3

Article R621-3

The production of the receipt referred to in the first paragraph of article R. 621-2 enables foreign nationals subject to the obligation to declare to prove, at the request of any competent authority,…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Allocations of free shares.

Article L225-197-3

The rights resulting from the allocation of free shares are non-transferable until the end of the vesting period. In the event of the death of the beneficiary, his heirs may request the allocation of…

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