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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Public limited companies.

Article L225-257

…of their duties. They do not incur any liability, due to acts of management and their results. They may be declared civilly liable for offences committed by members of the Management Board if, having…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Public limited companies.

Article L225-253

…of the exercise of such action, shall be deemed to be unwritten. No decision of the General Meeting may have the effect of extinguishing an action for liability against the directors or against the Ch…

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

Article 312-25

…ptional circumstances and at the reasoned request of the beneficiaries, the aforementioned deadline may be extended for a period not exceeding six months, by decision of the President of the Centre na…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Investment of sums held in the automatic promotion account abroad

Article 721-25

…n abroad of a specific film.Until they are registered on a permanent basis, foreign sales companies may only invest 75% of the sums provisionally entered in their automatic account during the first ha…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Evidence.

Article 259-3

…ell as with the experts and other persons designated by the judge pursuant to 9° and 10° of Article 255, all information and documents useful for determining benefits and pensions and liquidating the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Public limited companies.

Article L225-251

…and the Chief Executive Officer shall be liable individually or jointly and severally, as the case may be, to the company or to third parties, either for infringements of the legislative or regulator…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter Ia: Pharmacovigilance

Article L5121-25

…of which they are aware. Other healthcare professionals, patients and approved patient associations may report any adverse reaction suspected of being due to a medicinal product or product mentioned i…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Duties of dental surgeons in relation to social medicine.

Article R4127-256

No one may be both expert dental surgeon and treating dental surgeon for the same patient. Unless the parties agree otherwise, the dental surgeon must not accept an expert mission in which the interes…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Nomination and election of members

Article R7111-25

…ative and alternate are elected by journalists holding a professional identity card. Correspondents may be heard by the committee before it deliberates.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VII: Liquidation

Article L237-25

…ial court and communicated to any interested party. If the liquidator fails to take these steps, he may be stripped of all or part of his right to remuneration for his entire assignment by the preside…

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