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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 5: Control

Article L22-10-66

For application of article L. 225-228, when the company's shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market, the Board of Directors shall choose the statutory auditors it intends to propose, withou…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 5: Control

Article L22-10-68

…nstitute the summary proceedings provided for in the third paragraph of Article L. 225-231. In this case, the report shall also be sent to the AMF.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 4: Subscription, purchase or pledging by companies of their own shares

Article L22-10-63

Article L. 225-209-2 is not applicable to companies whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market subject to the dispositions du II de l'article L. 433-3 du code monétaire et financier.

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Paragraph 4: Subscription, purchase or pledging by companies of their own shares

Article L22-10-65

…e sold within one year of their subscription or acquisition. On expiry of this period, they must be cancelled..

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Paragraph 4: Subscription, purchase or pledging by companies of their own shares

Article L22-10-62

…ut in its general regulations, may authorise the Board of Directors or the Management Board, as the case may be, to purchase a number of shares representing up to 10% of the company's share capital. T…

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TITLE I: Clearance sales, unpacking sales, sales on sale and factory outlet sales.

Article L310-6-1

The offences provided for in this title or in the texts adopted for its application are investigated and recorded by the agents mentioned in II of article L. 450-1, under the conditions provided for i…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: The decision of the departmental committee.

Article L752-6-1

…power already held in the area by the company applying for a business licence. If its market share, calculated in terms of sales area, is likely to exceed 50% of the catchment area after the transacti…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Mandate

Article L722-6-1

The office of commercial court judge is incompatible with the exercise of an office of labour councillor, an office of president of a public establishment in the network of chambers of commerce and in…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Organisation and supervision of the profession.

Article L821-6-1

…1 are subject to a contribution based on the total amount of fees they invoiced during the previous calendar year to the persons or entities whose accounts they certify. The rate of this contribution,…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Status of statutory auditors.

Article L822-1-6

Subject to reciprocity, the third-country auditors mentioned in I of Article L. 822-1-5 may be exempted from the requirement to be registered on the list mentioned in II of Article L. 822-1 by decisio…

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