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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Subscription and purchase of shares by employees.

Article L225-186

Articles L. 225-177 to L. 225-185, L. 22-10-56 and L. 22-10-57 are applicable to investment certificates, cooperative investment certificates and cooperative shareholder certificates.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Transport, searches and seizures

Article 99-3

…against them without legitimate reason. When the requisitions concern persons mentioned in articles 56-1 to 56-3 and article 56-5, the documents may only be handed over with their agreement. If the pe…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Authorised examinations and samples.

Article R232-57

…anti-doping delegates mentioned in article L. 232-14 and the escorts provided for in article R. 232-56. The list of persons thus trained is sent each year to the French Anti-Doping Agency. The French…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 8: Disputes relating to the conduct of electoral operations

Article R7343-59

The time limits set by articles R. 7343-56, R. 7343-57 and R. 7343-58 are calculated and extended in accordance with the provisions of articles 640 to 642 of the Code of Civil Procedure.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Notaries' fees

Article A444-186

The authentication provided for in article 56 of the aforementioned decree no. 2009-1193 of 7 October 2009, as well as legalisation as part of a separate application to the land register, gives rise t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
IV: Distillers

Article 326

…ine the application of the provisions relating to distillers (1). (1) Annex I, art. 37 to 42, 44 to 56 and Livre des procédures fiscales, art. R. 30-1.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Judicial representatives

Article R812-22

The provisions of articles R. 811-43 to R. 811-56 relating to the disciplinary procedure before the national commission and the procedure for provisional suspension before the judicial court for judic…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 10: Provisions relating to the resolution procedure

Article L613-58

…the notice specifying the conditions and duration of the suspension referred to in Articles L. 613-56-4, L. 613-56-5, L. 613-56-6 or L. 613-56-8 and of the restriction referred to in II of Article L.…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Relations between lessors and lessees of buildings used for the hotel trade

Article L311-5

…tes relating to the application of this section shall be decided in accordance with Articles L. 145-56 to L. 145-60 of the French Commercial Code. Disputes relating to the performance of the work ment…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 4: Automatic processing of personal data known as the "Assisted return statistics and monitoring tool".

Article R142-40

…ht to object provided for in Article 21 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of 27 April 2016 and in Article 56 of Law No. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 does not apply to the processing referred to in Article R. 142…

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