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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Professional non-trading companies

Article R422-20

The Articles of Association organise the management and determine the powers of the managers under the conditions provided by l'article 11 de la loi du 29 novembre 1966.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Operation of the company.

Article R743-90

By application of

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Membership and operation of professional associations of banking and payment services intermediaries

Article L519-13

…ough appropriate material and human resources. The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution may withdraw the authorisation of a professional association referred to in I above, in accordance w…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: The National Commission for Commercial Development.

Article L751-7

…l comply with the obligations to file the declarations provided for in 6° of I of Article 11 of Law no. 2013-907 of 11 October 2013 on the transparency of public life. Their declarations of interest a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Provisions relating to personnel.

Article R6113-52

…III or IV of the general statute of civil servants and staff mentioned in 1° and 2° of article L. 6152-1 in an active, secondment or secondment position. It may also employ contract staff under publi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Medically assisted procreation.

Article L2162-8

As stated in article 511-25-1 of the French Criminal Code , reproduced below: "Is punishable by two years' imprisonment and a fine of 30,000 euros: 1° Importing or exporting gametes or germ tissue wit…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 232-28

Aid is granted to help pay for the work and investments mentioned in article…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Counting of votes and declaration of results (R)

Article R1112-14

For a referendum decided by a territorial authority other than the commune, department, region or Corsican authority, the results recorded at the level of each commune are sent to a census commission…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Shareholding and control.

Article D214-32-7-10

The AIF or its management company:1° Requests and ensures that the annual report of the company concerned, drafted in accordance with Article D. 214-32-7-11 and drawn up within the period stipulated b…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Specific safety study.

Article R4543-5

The technical inspection report defined in…

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