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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Shareholders' meetings

Article L22-10-41

…y to represent them at the meeting of a company referred to in the first paragraph of Article L. 22-10-39, makes its voting policy public. It may also make public its voting intentions on the draft re…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: General provisions

Article R2241-5

When the price of one of the acquisitions mentioned in Article R. 2241-4 gives rise to reinvestment in securities, the public accountants shall remit the funds to the investment service provider other…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Definition and obligation to register

Article R519-5

I. - The remuneration provided for in I of Article L. 519-1 must be understood as any pecuniary payment or any other form of agreed economic benefit linked to the intermediation service.II. - The remu…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions applicable to insurance undertakings.

Article R310-5

…documents intended for distribution to the public or published by a company mentioned in 1°, 3° and 4° of article L. 310-2 must bear, after the name or company name, the following words in uniform cha…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Formal notice prior to the official report.

Article L4721-5

By way of derogation from the provisions of article L. 4721-4, the labour inspection officers mentioned in article L. 8112-1 are authorised to draw up an official report immediately, without prior for…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Publicity and entry into force

Article L6241-5

To the local authority's public service delegation agreements transmitted by application of 4° of Article LO 6241-2 to the State representative within fifteen days of their signature, the president of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Publicity and entry into force

Article L6341-5

To the local authority's public service delegation agreements transmitted by application of 4° of Article LO 6341-2 to the State representative within fifteen days of their signature, the president of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Publicity of budgets and accounts

Article R4313-5

The documents mentioned in the last paragraph of Article L. 4313-1 are made available online on the region's website, where it exists, under conditions guaranteeing:1° Their full accessibility and in…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Composition and preparation

Article R4433-5

…ation map for the different parts of the territory provided for in the last paragraph of Article L. 4433-7 is drawn up at a scale of between 1:50,000 and 1:100,000, with the exception of the sparsely…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Procedures for selecting health care organisations

Article R6113-57

…ospitalisation will analyse the sample of establishments selected in application of article R. 6113-56, in order to verify that it is representative in terms of: 1° The distribution of health care est…

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