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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Allocations of free shares

Article L22-10-59

I.-The provisions of the Articles of Association concerning the case of free share allocations to certain categories of a company's salaried employees provided for in the third sentence of the second…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Regional school equipment grants

Article R4332-10

The allocation is distributed each year between the regions in such a way as to take into account, up to 60%, the capacity of the establishments and, up to 40%, changes in the school-age population. T…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Procedure for initial applications for clinical trials on medicinal products

Article R1124-10

When examining the dossier, the Data Protection Committee may provide the competent authority with ethics-related comments on elements falling under Part I provided for in Article 6 of the aforementio…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Sustainable development plan

Article L4424-10

I. - Corsica's sustainable planning and development plan is a regional ecological coherence scheme within the meaning of article

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Banking and payment services intermediaries

Article R773-10

…ht-hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeR. 519-1n° 2012-101 of 26 January 2012R. 519-2 to R. 519-4 with the exception of IIINo. 2019-1098 of 29 Octo…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Banking and payment services intermediaries

Article R774-10

…ht-hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeR. 519-1n° 2012-101 of 26 January 2012R. 519-2 to R. 519-4 with the exception of IIINo. 2019-1098 of 29 Octo…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: Ad hoc administrators appointed to represent minors held in waiting zones

Article R343-10

The striking off of an ad hoc administrator may be pronounced each year by the general assembly of the court of appeal, either at the request of the person concerned, or on the initiative of the first…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Sub-committees

Article R2272-10

The tasks assigned to the National Commission may be carried out by six sub-commissions: 1° The sub-committee on conventions and agreements, with regard to 2° to 4° of article L. 2271-1, and subject t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Management of the Employment Platforms Social Relations Authority

Article R7345-10

The Chief Executive Officer manages the company in accordance with the guidelines laid down by the Board of Directors. In addition to those delegated to him by the Board of Directors, the Chief Execut…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Points scale for works of fiction

Article 211-10

For cinematographic works in the fiction genre, points are divided into five groups as follows: I.-Language of Filming" group 1° A maximum of 20 points is allocated to the "Language of Filming" group;…

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