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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Government Commissioner

Article L512-65

…committees set up within the Boards, as well as all meetings of the General Meeting of Members. It may request access to all company documents. It may veto any decision that is contrary to the compan…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 11: Intervention.

Article L511-65

The drawer, an endorser or a guarantor may indicate a person to accept or pay as required. The bill of exchange may, under the conditions hereinafter determined, be accepted or paid by a person interv…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Organisation of the National Institute of Industrial Property

Article R411-5

…ility of the Chairman, his powers shall be exercised by the Vice-Chairman. Each member of the Board may give a proxy to another member. No person may hold more than one proxy. The Board of Directors m…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: How formalities are carried out

Article 658

…en on the minutes, patents or originals of the deeds that are subject to it. However, the formality may be given:1° On a full copy of the notarial deeds to be registered; 2° On a copy of electronicall…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: The High Council for Financial Stability

Article L631-2-2

…rder to carry out the tasks defined in Article L. 631-2-1, the Haut Conseil de stabilité financière may interview representatives of credit institutions, finance companies, investment firms, portfolio…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Purge

Article 2471

…prices, immovables and movables, or several immovables, only some of which are mortgaged, and which may or may not form the same holding, the price of each immovable subject to registration shall be d…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Employment contract

Article L5134-116

…e volume of activity does not allow the employment of a full-time employee, the weekly working time may be set as part-time, with the employee's agreement, after authorisation from the persons mention…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions adapting Book IV.

Article L954-5

…s replaced by the following four paragraphs: "The investigating judge or the court hearing the case may order the advertising to cease, either at the request of the public prosecutor or ex officio. Th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Voter petitions

Article LO6231-1

The Territorial Council may be seized, by way of petition, of any matter falling within the competence of the collectivity. The petition may be presented on an individual or collective basis. It must…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Voter petitions

Article LO6331-1

The territorial council may be seized, by way of petition, of any matter falling within the competence of the collectivity. The petition may be presented on an individual or collective basis. It must…

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