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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The Board of Directors of the Executive Board.

Article L225-18

The directors are appointed by the constituent general meeting or by the ordinary general meeting. In the case provided for in Article L. 225-16, they are appointed in the Articles of Association. The…

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

Article L225-75

The members of the supervisory board are appointed by the constituent general meeting or by the ordinary general meeting. In the case provided for in Article L. 225-16, they are appointed in the Artic…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: Nature of copyright

Article L111-3

Intangible property as defined by Article L. 111-1 is independent of ownership of the tangible object. As a result of this acquisition, the acquirer of this object is not invested with any of the righ…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Delimitation of the waiting area

Article L341-6

The waiting area extends from the points of embarkation and disembarkation to those where checks on persons are carried out.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Creation procedure

Article L2113-5-1

I. - Unless otherwise stipulated, the new commune or, through concordant deliberations of principle taken in the year preceding that of its creation, the communes and, where applicable, the public est…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Legal protection

Article 433

The judge may place under court protection a person who, for one of the reasons set out in Article 425, needs temporary legal protection or representation to perform certain specified acts. This measu…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Involvement of third parties

Article 373-3

The judge may, by way of exception and if the interests of the child so require, in particular where one of the parents is deprived of the exercise of parental authority, decide to entrust the child t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 12: Appeals against orders of the investigating judge or the liberty and custody judge

Article 185

The public prosecutor has the right to appeal to the investigating chamber against any order of the investigating judge or the liberty and custody judge. This appeal, made by declaration to the court…

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French Customs CodeIn force
B. - Prescription against the administration.

Article 354 bis

The right of recovery provided for in Article 103(1) of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 October 2013 establishing the Customs Code of the Union, applicab…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IIIa: Research, clinical investigations and performance studies covered by national defence secrets

Article L1123-18

Any substantial modification at the initiative of the sponsor of a research project, clinical investigation or performance study covered by national defence confidentiality must obtain, prior to its i…

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