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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Management, administrative and executive bodies

Article L323-13

The procedures referred to in Article L. 323-12 provide in particular for the drawing up of an annual individual declaration by each of the members, who are natural persons, of the board of directors,…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions.

Article L1235-2

…e the dismissal of real and serious cause and gives rise to a right to compensation which may not exceed one month's salary. If there is no real and serious cause for the dismissal, the loss resulting…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Tourist municipalities.

Article R133-33

…ooms in classified and unclassified hotels multiplied by two ;-the number of beds in tourist residences meeting criteria determined by decree;-the number of furnished accommodation units multiplied by…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Offences relating to subsidiaries, holdings and controlled companies

Article L247-2

…ontrolled companies and the proportion of the company's capital held by these companies, in accordance with the conditions set out in Article L. 233-13. IV.-The same penalty shall apply if the statuto…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Provisions applicable to non-trading private legal entities engaged in economic activity

Article L612-4

Any association having received annually from the administrative authorities, within the meaning of l'article 1er de la loi du 12 avril 2000, ou des établissements publics à caractère industriel et co…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Democratisation and transparency.

Article L5211-40-2

…body are informed of the affairs of the establishment that are the subject of deliberation. They receive a copy of the notice sent to the community councillors or to the members of the trade union co…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article D8-1

The central judicial police offices covered by articles R. 15-18and R. 15-22 are as follows:1° Office central pour la répression du faux-monnayage;2° Office anti-stupéfiants;3° Office central pour la…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Powers of the Board of Directors of the joint association

Article R2135-14

…joint management association or any subsequent amendments thereto; 2° Appointing the chairman and vice-chairman of the association in application of articles R. 2135-12 and R. 2135-13 ; 3° Adopting it…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title Ia: Electronically supervised home detention sentence

Article D49-86

The sentence of home detention under electronic surveillance is suspended by any pre-trial detention or incarceration resulting from a custodial sentence occurring during its execution. In accordance…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Organisation of work

Article D1432-41

The specialised committee for medico-social care and support comprises :1° A regional councillor and, in Corsica, a councillor of the Assembly of Corsica;2° Two chairmen of departmental councils, and…

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