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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Directors elected or appointed by employees

Article R225-34-2

…committees, the directors elected by the General Meeting of Shareholders pursuant to Article L. 225-23 and the directors elected by the employees or appointed pursuant to Article L. 225-27-1 have prep…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article R1413-2

…Set up a central purchasing body, governed by the provisions of article 26 of order no. 2015-899 of 23 July 2015 relating to public contracts, when this proves to be the most appropriate solution for…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: National cosmetovigilance system

Article R5131-9

The responsible person as determined in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 November 2009 concerning cosmetic products and distributors of cos…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Single chapter

Article R811-1-1

…bre 2021;L'articles R. 122-3, R. 122-6, R. 122-7, R. 122-8, R. 122-10, R. 122-11, R. 122-12, R. 122-23 to R. 122-32, R. 134-3 to R. 134-9, R. 137-1 and R. 138-1 are applicable in their wording resulti…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Status and purpose

Article L513-2

…they hold in accordance with articles L. 211-36 to L. 211-40 or in accordance with articles L. 313-23 to L. 313-35, whether or not these receivables are professional in nature. In this case, the info…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2a: Special provisions for certain new companies

Article 44 sexies A

…set out in Articles 50-0,53 A, 96 to 100,102 terand 103, less the following gross proceeds which remain taxable under the conditions of ordinary law:a. Income from company shares or units, and the re…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Exemptions and allowances

Article 1464 D

…II.-The benefit of the exemptions is subject to compliance with Commission Regulation (EU) No 1407/2013 of 18 December 2013 on the application of Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter III: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO SAINT-MARTIN

Article R443-2

…wording resulting from In Title I R. 410-1 R. 413-1 to R. 413-12R. 413-13of decree no. 2021-1790 of 23 December 2021R. 413-14. and R. 413-15 R. 414-2 R. 414-5 and R. 414-6 In Title II R. 421-1 to R. 4…

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

Article L225-21-1

A director may become an employee of a public limited company on whose board he sits if, at the close of a financial year, that company does not exceed the thresholds defining small and medium-sized e…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Foreign nationals enrolled in a mobility programme

Article L422-4

A foreign national who has been admitted to reside in another Member State of the European Union and enrolled in a mobility programme in accordance with Directive (EU) 2016/801 of the European Parliam…

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