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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Prevention of business difficulties, ad hoc mandates and conciliation procedures

Article L611-1

…well as any individual entrepreneur with limited liability and any legal entity under private law, may join a prevention grouping approved by order of the State representative in the region.The purpo…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Prevention of business difficulties, ad hoc mandates and conciliation procedures

Article L611-2-2

…he is considering measures that the statutory auditor considers insufficient, the statutory auditor may inform the president of the competent court as soon as the first information is given, pursuant…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: The company during the observation period.

Article L622-28

…d or who have granted a personal guarantee or who have assigned or transferred an asset as security may take advantage of the provisions of this paragraph. Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 13…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter XX: Levies on betting and gaming

Article 302 bis ZH

…n ligne organisés et exploités dans les conditions fixées à in Article 12 of Law no. 2010-476 of 12 May 2010 on opening up competition and regulating the online gambling sector, a levy on the gross ga…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 4: Exit

Article R552-13

The person accommodated may request to remain in the place of accommodation beyond the date of the decision to leave the place of accommodation taken by the Office français de l'immigration et de l'in…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Right to training

Article L3123-12

…e minimum growth wage per hour.The provisional amount of training expenses under article L. 3123-10 may not be less than 2% of the total amount of functional allowances that may be allocated to member…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Right to training.

Article L4135-12

…e minimum growth wage per hour.The provisional amount of training expenses under article L. 4135-10 may not be less than 2% of the total amount of functional allowances that may be allocated to member…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Authorisation of certain transactions in financial instruments

Article L621-8-1

…ere appropriate, the statements to be amended or the additional information to be included. The AMF may also request any explanation or justification, particularly concerning the situation, business a…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Special provisions relating to mortgages held by spouses and guardians

Article 2441

…red significantly exceeds what is necessary to guarantee the management of the guardian, the latter may ask the family council or, failing this, the guardianship judge to reduce the registration to th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Allocation of the special profit-sharing reserve.

Article L3324-9

The Board of Directors or the Management Board may decide to pay a supplement to the special profit-sharing reserve in respect of the financial year ended, in compliance with the ceilings mentioned in…

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