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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Public industrial and commercial services

Article L2224-32

Subject to the authorisation provided for in Article 7 of the aforementioned Law no. 2000-108 of 10 February 2000, the municipalities, within their territory, and the public cooperation establishments…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Status of statutory auditors

Article R822-35

The work of the statutory auditor relating to the certification of the accounts of a public interest entity shall be subject to an independent review prior to the signing of the reports provided for i…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Retailers' cooperative societies.

Article L124-3

…ions of this chapter and by the non-contradictory provisions of Book II, Titles I to IV and the loi n° 47-1775 du 10 septembre 1947 portant statut de la coopération. The provisions of Book II, Titles…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L775-3

I.-The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, subject to the provisions of II, in the wording indicated in th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Subsidiaries, holdings and controlled companies

Article L233-33

I. - By way of derogation from I of Article L. 233-32, the articles of association of a company whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market may provide that, during a takeover bid, the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK III: Certain forms of sale and exclusivity clauses.

Article Annexe 3-2

Prefecture of the department of: SALE IN LIQUIDATION (Art.L. 310-1, R. 310-1 et seq. of the French Commercial Code)Receipt of declaration no. Date of receipt of complete file:Name or corporate name of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Overall operating grant

Article L2334-7-3

…iling that, from the twelfths provided for in article L. 2332-2 and in II of l'article 46 de la loi n° 2005-1719 du 30 décembre 2005 de finances pour 2006 de la commune. If, for a commune, this levy w…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Monitoring exposure to occupational risk factors

Article D4163-32

I.-For the purposes of checking the effectiveness or extent of exposure to occupational risk factors and the completeness of the data declared as referred to in article L. 4163-16, employers are requi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Treasury bills

Article L213-31

Without prejudice to the penalties that may be applied by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution in the same way as for breaches of banking regulations, any failure to comply with the ob…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Treasury bills

Article L213-30

The list of institutions or persons referred to in Article L. 213-23 may be supplemented by a decree issued on the basis of a report from the Minister for the Economy. The Banque de France may grant i…

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