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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 6: Transferable securities giving access to the capital or giving entitlement to the allotment of debt securities.

Article R228-93

…in accordance with article R. 225-128, with the exception of the information provided for in 6° and 7°. Articles R. 225-129 to R. 225-135 do not apply to capital increases carried out through the exer…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Basic banking services

Article L721-17

In the local authorities referred to in the first paragraph of article L. 721-7, for the basic banking services referred to in III of article L. 312-1, credit institutions may not charge more than the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Common provisions.

Article R214-82

…the real estate works, constructions and installations built on this area; 6° Other surface rights; 7° Any right under foreign law that is comparable to one of the rights mentioned in 1° to 6°.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Expertise procedure

Article R1142-63-16

…issue a new opinion. The claim is investigated under the conditions set out in articles R. 1142-63-7 to R. 1142-63-14, without however the need to investigate again whether the claimant can prove a f…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Approval of the plan.

Article R626-20

…adopting the plan is communicated by the registrar to the persons mentioned in 3° of Article R. 621-7 and is the subject of the advertisements provided for in Article R. 621-8.If the plan is still in…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Loans taken out and guarantees granted by the network's establishments.

Article R712-31

The authorisation of the acts mentioned in 2° of Article R. 712-7 is valid for a period of one year from the date of approval of the deliberations relating to these acts. At the end of this period, if…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: The National Council of Commercial Court Registrars.

Article D741-24

…to a formula and a number of shares determined respectively in Table No. 1 and Table No. 2 in Annex 7-4-1 to this book. An order determines the reference rate (tr%) each year according to the budget c…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions.

Article D48-20

…c prosecutor is considering applying the provisions set out in 1° of Article D. 48-22 or 4°, 6° and 7° of Article D. 48-23, it shall inform the competent authority of the issuing State without delay b…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Approved publication systems

Article D549-4

…nsaction; 5° The time at which the transaction was published; 6° The price unit of the transaction; 7° The code of the trading platform on which the transaction was executed or the "SI" code if the tr…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Vigilance relating to health products

Article R1413-61-3

…ce coordinators mentioned respectively in articles R. 5121-158, R. 5132-104, R. 1221-32 and R. 5212-7, and coordinated within the regional vigilance and support networks mentioned in article R. 1413-6…

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