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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Limited liability companies.

Article D223-2

A model set of standard articles of association for a société à responsabilité limitée where the sole member, a natural person, personally assumes management is set out in Appendix 2-1 to this book.Th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Receipts and warrants

Article R522-23

…well as the amount of the sum due to the bearer of the warrant within the limit of the sum loaned; 2° Deposit of the surplus, if any, due to the bearer of the receipt, in the case provided for in the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Management

Article L6333-6

The Caisse des dépôts et consignations manages the resources mentioned in the first paragraph of article L. 6333-1 and in article L. 6333-2 within a dedicated fund for which it ensures the administrat…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Supplementary provisions

Article L3153-2

…t, receive compensation corresponding to the monetary conversion of all the rights he has acquired; 2° Request, in agreement with the employer, that all the rights he has acquired, converted into mone…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Criminal provisions

Article L4394-2

The unauthorised use of the title of childcare assistant or of a diploma, certificate or other title legally required for the practice of this profession is punishable as the offence of usurpation of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: CONDITIONS OF APPLICATION OF THE SECOND AND THIRD SUBPARAGRAMS OF ARTICLE 73 OF THE CONSTITUTION TO THE TERRITORIAL AUTHORITIES OF GUYANA AND MARTINIQUE

Article LO7312-2

A request for empowerment to lay down a rule applicable in the territory of the local authority shall be adopted by reasoned deliberation of the assembly taken by an absolute majority of its members.T…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Exchanges of information, documents and reports

Article D4625-29

…d occupational health service: 1° Details of the local prevention and occupational health service ; 2° The names and contact details of the occupational physicians and health professionals referred to…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Financial provisions.

Article L1271-15

…Either redeemable at the establishments, institutions and services mentioned in article L. 1271-9; 2° Or reimbursable by the authorised bodies and establishments mentioned in article L. 1271-10.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Fonds commun de placement à risques.

Article R214-36

…cement à risques may be invested in : 1° no more than 10% in securities issued by a single issuer ; 2° 35% maximum in shares or units of a single UCITS or FIA covered by paragraphs 1, 2 and 6 of sub-s…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Business-to-business loans

Article R511-2-1-2

…mpany's equity exceeds the amount of the share capital and the gross operating surplus is positive; 2° The net cash position, defined as the value of current financial assets with a maturity of less t…

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