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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Stock options.

Article L225-178

…llowing the end of each financial year, the Board of Directors or the Management Board, as the case may be, shall note, if applicable, the number and amount of shares issued during the financial year…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Non-voting preference shares.

Article L228-35-6

…onditions set by decree in the Conseil d'Etat. Any shareholder holding non-voting preference shares may attend the special meeting. Any clause to the contrary is deemed unwritten. The special meeting…

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

Article L2123-12

…e town council deliberates on the exercise of its members' right to training. The municipal council may also decide to contribute to the financing of training courses from which its elected representa…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Household and other waste

Article L2224-13

…th the départements and regions, for the collection and treatment of household waste.Municipalities may transfer to a public establishment for inter-municipal cooperation or to a mixed syndicate eithe…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Authorised legal acts.

Article 815-5-1

…int owners is in one of the cases provided for in article 836, the alienation of undivided property may be authorised by the court, at the request of one or more undivided co-owners holding at least t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Jurisdiction and procedure before courts of first instance

Article 712-6

…pplication of the provisions of article 712-16-3. If the convicted person is detained, this hearing may take place in the prison. The provisions of article 706-71 may be applied. The sentence enforcem…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article 710

…g to enforcement are brought before the court or tribunal that handed down the sentence; this court may also rectify purely material errors contained in its decisions. In considering these requests, i…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Reduction of sentences

Article 721-4

An exceptional reduction in sentence, which may amount to up to one third of the sentence imposed, may be granted to convicted persons who, during their detention, including pre-trial detention, have…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Administrative organisation

Article R232-12-1

I.-The Sanctions Committee may set up sections of three or five members, chaired by a person mentioned in 1° of Article L. 232-7-2. The Sanctions Committee may only sit in plenary session if at least…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions for exercising the right to vote and stand for election and rules applicable to the conduct of the ballot for the election of members of the Board of Directors

Article A211-2

…for election in colleges 1, 2, 3, 4 and 7. Staff on availability, long-term leave or parental leave may not take part in the ballot. Within college 5°, only high-level sportsmen and women enrolled in…

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