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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Professional non-trading companies

Article R422-14

The application to register the company in the Trade and Companies Register shall be drawn up in accordance with the conditions set out in Article 15 of Decree n°84-406 of 30 May 1984 relating to the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Membership of company boards of directors or supervisory boards

Article L2312-75

…des at least one director or one member elected or appointed by the employees under Articles L. 225-27, L. 225-27-1, L. 225-79, L. 225-79-2 and L. 226-5-1 of the French Commercial Code, the Social and…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 5: Modification of the initial conditions of membership and operation

Article L5842-18

The articles L. 5212-27, L. 5212-29 to L. 5212-32 are applicable in French Polynesia.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Freedom of establishment and freedom to provide banking services

Article L772-8

Articles L. 532-16 to L. 532-27 do not apply to Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L1614-5

At the end of the period referred to in Article 4 of the loi n° 83-8 du 7 janvier 1983 précité, transfers of State taxes represent at least half of the resources allocated by the State to all local au…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article D775-21

…y 2022D. 533-16-1 with the exception of the second paragraph of I and d) of 6° of IIIn° 2021-663 of 27 May 2021II. - For the application of I:1° In Article D. 533-4, the words: "referred to in the fir…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Directors elected or appointed by employees

Article R225-34-4

…ant to Article L. 225-23 and directors elected by employees or appointed pursuant to Article L. 225-27-1 is determined by the Board of Directors, but may not be less than forty hours per year, during…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Reintegration into French nationality

Article 24-2

…isition by individual measure of a foreign nationality may, subject to the provisions of article 21-27, be reinstated by declaration made, in France or abroad, in accordance with articles 26 et seq. T…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Conditions for initiating resolution proceedings

Article L613-49-2

…to resolution proceedings at the initiative of the Resolution College. In this case, Article L. 613-27 of this Code does not apply.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Personalised assistance for returning to work

Article L5133-8

…return to work may be allocated by the body within which the referent referred to in article L. 262-27 of the Social Action and Family Code has been appointed. Its purpose is to cover all or part of t…

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