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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Capital increases

Article L22-10-50

When, as part of a capital increase, the securities referred to in the first paragraph of Article L. 225-130 are admitted to trading on a regulated market or to the operations of a central depository,…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Capital increases

Article L22-10-53

The Extraordinary General Meeting of a company whose securities are admitted to trading on a regulated market may delegate, for a maximum period of twenty-six months, to the Board of Directors or the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Capital increases

Article L22-10-54

The provisions of articles L. 225-147 and L. 22-10-53 are not applicable in the event that a company whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market carries out a capital increase as consid…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Capital increases

Article L22-10-55

The reports and formalities referred to in articles L. 22-10-52, L. 22-10-53 and in the second paragraph of article L. 22-10-54 may give rise to an injunction in accordance with the procedures defined…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Capital increases

Article L22-10-52

As an exception to the second paragraph of article L. 225-136, for companies whose equity securities are admitted to trading on a regulated market and insofar as the equity securities to be issued imm…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 10: Special provisions for forestry investment groups

Article R214-176-5

In the event of a merger between several forestry investment groups or between one or more forestry investment groups and one or more forestry savings companies or between one or more forestry investm…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 12: Funeral service contracts

Article L242-45

The penalties for offences relating to funeral contracts are set out in the provisions of the chapitre III du titre II du livre II de la deuxième partie du code général des collectivités territoriales…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 13: Electrical and electronic equipment

Article L242-46

Any breach of article L. 224-109 is punishable by an administrative fine of up to €3,000 for a natural person and €15,000 for a legal entity. This fine is imposed under the conditions set out in Chapt…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Specialisation in "sports development

Article A212-49

The "sports development" speciality of the state diploma for youth, popular education and sport confers on its holder the following skills, as attested by the certification reference framework:-design…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions.

Article R5211-4

The methods for calculating the maximum allowances received for the actual performance of the duties of president and vice-president of one of the public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation…

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