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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 5: Control

Article L22-10-69

The right to put questions in writing to the Chairman of the Board of Directors or to the Management Board under the conditions laid down in Article L. 225-232 may be exercised by an association meeti…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 5: Control

Article L22-10-71

…225-68, with regard to the information mentioned in article L. 22-10-11. They attest to the existence of the other information required in this report by articles L. 22-10-9, L. 22-10-10 and L. 225-3…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 5: Control

Article L22-10-66

…irectors shall choose the statutory auditors it intends to propose, without the Chief Executive Officer and the Deputy Chief Executive Officer, if they are directors, taking part in the vote. The Boar…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 5: Control

Article L22-10-68

The right to ask questions in writing and to request in summary proceedings the appointment of one or more experts to present a report under the conditions provided for in the first two paragraphs of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 5: Control

Article L22-10-70

The legal action referred to in article L. 823-7 may be exercised by an association meeting the conditions set out in article L. 22-10-44.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Downstream.

Article L511-21

…l is given either on the bill of exchange or on an allonge, or by a separate deed indicating the place where it was made. It is expressed by the words "bon pour aval" or by any other equivalent formul…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Penalties.

Article L522-38

…ted to open and operate without the authorisation prescribed in Article L. 522-1 an establishment receiving in deposit goods for which are issued to the depositors, under the name of warrants, or any…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Penalties.

Article L522-40

A decree in the Conseil d'Etat shall lay down the conditions for the application of the provisions of this chapter.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Penalties.

Article L522-39

…ade for the application of the said provisions, the prefect may, after hearing the operator, pronounce by order, temporarily or definitively, the withdrawal of approval.In this case, the president of…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 5: Mediation

Article L623-22

…bruary 1995 relating to the organisation of the courts and to civil, criminal and administrative procedure, in order to obtain compensation for the individual losses mentioned in Article L. 623-1.

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