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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Capital increase.

Article L3332-20

…less when the lock-up period provided for by the plan, pursuant to articles L. 3332-25 and L. 3332-26, is ten years or more.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: General partnerships.

Article R221-3

…nature that meets at least the requirements for an advanced electronic signature set out in Article 26 of Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 2014 on e…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article R225-22

…nature that meets at least the requirements for an advanced electronic signature set out in Article 26 of Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 2014 on e…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: The Management Board and the Supervisory Board.

Article R225-49

…nature that meets at least the requirements for an advanced electronic signature set out in Article 26 of Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 2014 on e…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Chapter II: Inter-municipal cooperation

Article L5832-3

…L. 5212-29, L. 5212-29-1 and L. 5212-30, or of a communauté de communes pursuant to article L. 5214-26, is made up of a quarter of the members elected by the college referred to in 1° of Article L. 52…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: The company pension savings plan

Article D224-12-1

…pany. When the setting up of a supervisory committee is compulsory in application of article L. 224-26, a supervisory committee common to all member companies is set up within twelve months. The plan…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Criminal provisions.

Article L8256-3

…rtés ; 5° A ban on civic, civil and family rights, in accordance with the provisions of Article 131-26 of the Criminal Code; 6° A residence ban for a maximum of five years.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: List of diseases

Article D3113-8

…laria in overseas departments; 21. Plague; 22. Poliomyelitis; 23. Rabies; 24. Measles; 25. Rubella; 26. Native urogenital schistosomiasis; 27. Suspected Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and other human trans…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Green Spaces Agency.

Article R4413-10

…7° Staff numbers and recruitment conditions, in compliance with the provisions of Law no. 84-53 du 26 janvier 1984 portant dispositions statutaires relatives à la fonction publique territoriale; 8° T…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Risk assessment

Article R4412-6

…out and proposals made by the occupational risk prevention specialists mentioned in article R. 4623-26.

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