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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 5: Subscription, purchase or pledge by companies of their own shares.

Article R225-160

…enses, or the net proceeds of the sale;5° The total number of shares purchased and their total cost;6° The name of the investment services provider that executed the buy or sell order or the name of t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Adoption of the budget and settlement of accounts

Article L6471-3

…A table showing the outstanding loans guaranteed by the local authority and the repayment schedule; 6° The accounts and notes produced by public service delegatees; 7° A table of property acquisitions…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Representation of professional platform organisations

Article L7343-23

…ria defined in Article L. 7343-22 . In order to assess compliance with the criterion referred to in 6° of Article L. 7343-22, the Autorité des relations sociales des plateformes d'emploi shall receive…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions.

Article L8271-1-2

…in the field of maritime affairs under the authority or at the disposal of the Minister for the Sea;6° Civil servants from the civil aviation technical corps who have been commissioned for this purpos…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Criminal penalties

Article R1312-9

…311-12 ; 5° Without complying with the provisions of article R. 1311-5 relating to waste treatment; 6° By using products or materials that do not comply with the provisions of article R. 1311-10 ; 7°…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope, definition, characteristics

Article R1322-2

Natural mineral water is microbiologically sound water that meets the conditions laid down in article R. 1322-3, originating from an underground water table or deposit exploited from one or more natur…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Electronic voting.

Article R713-25

Supporting files including copies of source programmes and executable programmes, voting equipment, and registration, results and back-up files are kept under seal, in accordance with the conditions s…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions.

Article R741-5

Copies issued by registrars relating to entries made in the legal publicity registers for which they are responsible may be disseminated electronically under the conditions set out in this article: a)…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Obligations in the event of a low risk of money laundering or terrorist financing

Article R561-14

In order to implement the simplified due diligence measures provided for in Article L. 561-9, the persons mentioned in Article L. 561-2 shall collect information justifying that the customer, service…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Formation of the company.

Article R743-121

I. - Natural persons who fulfil the conditions required to practise the profession of commercial court clerk, but who do not hold an office of commercial court clerk, may form a partnership between th…

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