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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Mandate

Article L722-15

…tion, judicial settlement or liquidation of assets, in accordance with the provisions of Article L. 722-2, or to preside over a panel of judges under the conditions provided for by article L. 722-3, o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Reduction of capital.

Article R225-153

…if all the company's shares are registered, the insertions provided for in the previous paragraph may be replaced by a notice sent, by registered letter and at the company's expense, to each shareho…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General rules governing the composition of assets

Article R214-11

I. - The eligible financial securities and money market instruments referred to in I of article L. 214-20 are :1° Either eligible financial securities and money market instruments admitted to trading…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Budgetary and accounting arrangements for the High Council

Article R821-14-11

The chairman of the High Council may decide, after obtaining the assent of the accounting officer:1° In the event of hardship for the debtors, to grant an ex gratia remission of the High Council's deb…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Reduction in the rental value of certain properties

Article 1518 A

…ed for the application of this article.Municipalities and their groupings with their own tax system may, by means of a general decision taken under the conditions provided for in article 1639 A bis, i…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Notification of dismissal.

Article L1233-15

…ify the employee of the dismissal by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt. This letter may not be sent less than seven working days from the scheduled date of the prior redundancy intervi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Operation.

Article L2343-15

…he time necessary to carry out their duties up to a limit which, save in exceptional circumstances, may not exceed one hundred and twenty hours per year for each of them. This time is considered as wo…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1 : Examination for admission to the probationary period, probationary period and examination to qualify as a court-appointed administrator

Article R811-15

…tors, as an associate of a judicial administrator and under his direct supervision. The traineeship may be completed for a period not exceeding one-third of its duration with a person practising anoth…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Conditions for issuing authorisations

Article R5139-11

…médicament et des produits de santé under the conditions mentioned in Articles R. 5139-3 to R. 5139-7 . Failure to submit a new application for authorisation will result in the immediate suspension of…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 4a: Use of the term "reconditioned

Article L122-21-1

The conditions under which a trader may use the terms "reconditioned" or "reconditioned product" shall be laid down by decree in the Conseil d'Etat.

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