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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IV: Judicial liquidation and professional recovery.

Article L641-6

…a legal entity, may be appointed to one of the positions provided for in article L. 641-1 or L. 641-10, except in cases where this provision prevents the appointment of an employee representative.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Use of the account for part-time work

Article L4163-11

…mployee's request to use his account for a change to part-time work as specified in Article L. 4163-10, the employee may refer the matter to the industrial tribunal under the conditions set out in Tit…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK IV: Free pricing and competition.

Article L490-9

…January 2004 on the control of concentrations between undertakings and by Council Regulation No 1 / 2003 (EC) of 16 December 2002 on the implementation of the rules on competition laid down in Article…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Subscription and purchase of shares by employees.

Article L225-179

…g of the option, by the company itself under the conditions defined in Articles L. 225-208 or L. 22-10-62. The Extraordinary General Meeting sets the period during which this authorisation may be used…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section V: Intervention by the fund in the event of the withdrawal of an insurance undertaking's administrative authorisation

Article A421-13

The rates of the contribution to the guarantee fund provided for in I of Article L. 421-10-1 are set as follows: 1° The rate applicable to the difference between the premiums for the last ten financia…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Implementation of placement under mobile electronic surveillance

Article R61-35

…ordered as part of judicial supervision, the dangerousness assessment provided for by articles 763-10 and R. 61-11 may replace the expert appraisal provided for by l'article 723-31. The one-year time…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter V: Medically assisted procreation with third-party donors

Article 342-11

When the consent provided for in article 342-10 is obtained, the female couple shall jointly acknowledge the child. Filiation is established, with regard to the woman giving birth, in accordance with…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Organisation and operation of the deposit guarantee and resolution fund

Article L312-11

…the event of a tie, the Chairman shall have the casting vote. For the application of article L. 312-10 and this article, the amount of the payment made by the central body on behalf of the institution…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Value added tax

Article 283

…wances authorising operators to emit greenhouse gases, within the meaning of Article 3 of Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 2003 establishing a scheme fo…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Referral by the Cour de cassation of the priority question of constitutionality to the Conseil constitutionnel

Article 126-11

…own motion, may, in urgent cases, reduce the time limit provided for in the articles 126-9 and 126-10.It shall set the date for the hearing at which the priority question of constitutionality will be…

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