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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Constitution

Article R22-10-12

…s is carried out by the company's agent, on presentation of the court clerk's certificate attesting to the company's registration in the trade and companies register.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: General-purpose professional funds.

Article D214-187-1

II of article D. 214-32-31 does not apply to AIFs covered by this sub-paragraph.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Provisions specific to specialised finance companies

Article L214-190-2

…s a specialised finance company on all deeds and documents intended for third parties. Articles L. 214-177 to L. 214-179 apply to specialised finance companies. For the preparation of their annual acc…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Persons required to register.

Article L123-5-1

At the request of any interested party or of the public prosecutor, the president of the court, ruling in summary proceedings, may enjoin, subject to a fine, the manager of any legal person to file th…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Projects subject to authorisation

Article L212-8-1

Cinematographic development projects are only submitted to the departmental cinematographic development commission for review if they are accompanied by an indication of the person who will hold the o…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Projects subject to authorisation

Article R212-7-1

For the application of the provisions of article L. 212-9, the cinematographic area of influence of a cinema development project corresponds to the geographical area within which the cinematographic e…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Projects subject to authorisation.

Article L752-1-2

…ishment for inter-communal cooperation with its own tax status and the municipalities that are signatories to a territorial revitalisation operation agreement mentioned in article L. 303-2 of the Code…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Projects subject to authorisation.

Article L752-5-1

Infringements of the provisions of Article L. 752-1, L. 752-23 and the texts adopted for their application are investigated and established by the agents mentioned in II of Article L. 450-1, under the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Changes relating to powers.

Article L5211-17-2

…embers of a public establishment of inter-communal cooperation with its own tax system may transfer to the latter, in whole or in part, some of their competences whose transfer is not provided for by…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Tests to verify knowledge

Article R4221-7-1

…oposed for the skills consolidation courses provided for in the penultimate paragraph of article L. 4221-12. The skills consolidation pathways may be set up in public health establishments, private es…

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