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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Debt securities

Article L744-5

…licable In the wording resulting from L. 213-5 Order no. 2000-1223 of 14 December 2000 L. 213-6 law n° 2003-706 of 1st August 2003 L. 213-6-1 law no. 2006-387 of 31 March 2006 L. 213-6-2 order no. 201…

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

Article R2221-10

…based on supporting documents, under the conditions defined by articles 9, 10 and 31 of the décret n°90-437 du 28 mai 1990 fixant les conditions et les modalités de règlement des frais occasionnés pa…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Operation

Article R4134-8

…ther location.As an exception to the previous paragraph, in the regions grouped pursuant to the loi n° 2015-29 du 16 janvier 2015 relative à la délimitation des régions, aux élections régionales et dé…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Single chapter: The Autorité des marchés financiers

Article D621-29-1

…50 billion euros, 460,000 euros when the issuer's market capitalisation is more than 50 billion euros. The average market capitalisation referred to in IIa of the aforementioned article corresponds to…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Fees charged by commercial court registrars

Article A743-17

I.-The transfers referred to in the third paragraph of Article R. 743-140 shall give rise to the collection of the following fees:1° With regard to the diligence of each transmission of a deed, decisi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Remuneration of the administrator, the administrator responsible for the implementation of the plan, the mandataire judiciaire and the liquidator

Article A663-4

The fee provided for in the first paragraph of Article R. 663-4 in respect of the diagnosis of the safeguard or receivership proceedings (number 1 of Table 4-1), is set as follows: 1° Where the debtor…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II : Syndicate of communes

Article L5212-25

When the application of a fiscal or budgetary provision results in an increase or decrease in the operating resources of a commune that is a member of a syndicate by a percentage equal to or greater t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Allocation of seats

Article R2344-1

…tween 80% and 90% of the total workforce: 9 seats; 10° More than 90% of the total workforce: 10 seats.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Nomination, election and status of members.

Article R2362-5

…e than 80% to 90% of the total workforce: 9 seats; 10° More than 90% of the total workforce: 10 seats.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Nomination, election and status of members

Article R2372-5

…n 80% to 90% of the total workforce: 9 seats; 10° From more than 90% of the total workforce: 10 seats.

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