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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: The Management Board and the Supervisory Board

Article L22-10-24

…epresenting employees on the supervisory board provided for in the second paragraph of article L. 225-79-2 is applicable to companies whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market only if…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Shareholders' meetings

Article R22-10-24

…arket allow notification of the appointment and revocation of the agent referred to in Article R. 225-79 by electronic means.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article D48-5-4

…coordinating the actions of those involved in the jurisdiction and external partners in this area; 4° preventing prison overcrowding within the jurisdiction's prisons and encouraging the development…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Civil solidarity pacts

Article 515-5

Unless otherwise provided in the agreement referred to in the third paragraph of Article 515-3, each of the partners retains the administration, enjoyment and free disposal of his or her personal prop…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 411-24

…t selective aid for the production of short-lived audiovisual works, as provided for in sub-section 5.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: The Board of Directors

Article L1424-24-4

In the event of absence or impediment, the members of the Board of Directors are replaced by alternates elected under the same terms and conditions and for the same duration as themselves.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Cross-border recognition.

Article 509-2

…e territory of the Republic, of foreign enforceable titles pursuant to:- Council Regulation (EC) No 44/2001 of 22 December 2000 on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article D48-5-5

…g to the enforcement of a sentence, submitted under the conditions laid down in Articles 702-1,703,710,775-1,775-2 and 778, shall be examined by the president of the competent court sitting as a singl…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Accounting and prudential provisions

Article L773-5

…ated in the right-hand column of the same table: Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting fromL. 511-35 Ordinance no. 2020-1142 of 16 September 2020 L. 511-36 Order no. 2013-544 of 27 June 2013 L.…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Decisions.

Article R464-5-4

…iding it without delay with all additional information of the kind referred to in III of Article R. 464-5-3 concerning the practice in question, which comes into its possession or to which it may have…

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