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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VIII: Transferable securities issued by joint stock companies.

Article R228-52

…form of the issuing company; 3° The amount of share capital ; 4° The address of the registered office; 5° The date of registration of the company in the Trade and Companies Register and the informati…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: The Management Board and the Supervisory Board.

Article L225-59

The members of the Management Board are appointed by the Supervisory Board, which confers on one of them the status of Chairman. When a single person performs the functions devolved to the Management…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: The Management Board and the Supervisory Board.

Article L225-58

…f no more than five members. The composition of the Management Board shall endeavour to seek a balanced representation of women and men.In sociétés anonymes whose capital is less than 150,000 euros, t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: The Management Board and the Supervisory Board.

Article L225-57

…this case, the company remains subject to all the rules applicable to sociétés anonymes, with the exception of those provided for in articles L. 225-17 to L. 225-56. The introduction in the Articles o…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Rights of press publishers and press agencies

Article L218-5

…rnalists treated as such, within the meaning of articles L. 7111-3 to L. 7111-5 of the Labour Code, and other authors of works included in the press publications referred to in Article L. 218-1 of thi…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions common to performers and phonogram producers

Article L214-5

The remuneration provided for in Article L. 214-1 is collected on behalf of right holders and distributed among them by one or more organisations mentioned in Title II of Book III.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: General provisions and differentiated exercise of powers

Article L1111-5

Only the following may be imposed on communes, départements and regions:1° Technical requirements and procedures provided for by a law or a decree adopted in application of a law and applicable to all…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: External action by local and regional authorities

Article L1115-5

…rity or grouping of territorial authorities may not enter into an agreement with a foreign State, except in the cases provided for by law or where the agreement is intended to enable the creation of a…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Book II: Property and the various changes in ownership

Article 515-14

Animals are sentient living beings. Subject to the laws that protect them, animals are subject to the property regime.

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 1: Sports agent commissions and sports agent delegates

Article R222-5

…agent delegate, the national technical director attached to the federation, or his representative, and a representative of the French National Olympic and Sports Committee take part in the work of th…

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