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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Capital increases

Article R22-10-34

In companies whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market, the waiver of preferential subscription rights provided for in Article R. 225-122 may not be made in favour of named beneficiar…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Shareholders' meetings

Article R22-10-20

The additional insertion of the notice of meeting referred to in Article R. 225-67 in the Bulletin des annonces légales obligatoires is applicable to companies whose shares are admitted to trading on…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Contracts awarded by the national councils of the orders of the medical professions

Article R.4122-4-17

The National Council may award a contract without prior advertising or competitive tendering under the conditions set out in articles R. 2122-1 to R. 2122-8 of the French Public Procurement Code.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: General obligation to provide pre-contractual information

Article L111-4

…rers or importers of electrical and electronic equipment shall inform the sellers of their products as well as professional repairers and reconditioners, at the request of the latter, of the details o…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Local investment funds.

Article R214-72

…der to reinvest in units, shares, redeemable bonds, convertible bonds or profit-sharing securities, as well as in current account advances in companies which are not admitted to trading on a financial…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article R1521-1

…ent directorate in Mayotte or its director; 5° References to the department or region are replaced, as appropriate, by references to Mayotte or the Department of Mayotte; 6° References to the departme…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Special case of payment instruments with personalised security data

Article L133-19

…he use of the instrument, up to a maximum of €50, before the information provided for in article L. 133-17 is provided.However, the payer shall not be liable in the event of :- unauthorised payment tr…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Negotiable debt securities

Article L213-3

…ary 1996 relating to the reimbursement of social debt; 8. Local authorities and their groupings; 9. Associations governed by the law of 1st July 1901 relating to the contract of association or by arti…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
1. Board of Directors.

Article R1142-46

…e damages referred to in articles L. 1142-24-1, L. 1142-24-9, L. 1221-14, L. 3111-9, L. 3122-1, L. 3131-4 and L. 3135-3, it does so on the basis of proposals from the Board referred to in articles L.…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Comparative advertising

Article L122-6

…ns for advertising defined in articles L. 122-1 and L. 122-2 do not give rise to the right of reply as defined by the Article 13 of the law of 29 July 1881 on the freedom of the press and the article…

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