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Showing 58515860 of 50178 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 2 Dec. 2020 – no. 18-20.231

French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Administration.

Article R6223-23

After the end of each financial year, the manager or managers shall draw up, in accordance with the conditions laid down in the Articles of Association, the company's annual accounts, a report on the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Administration.

Article R6223-20

Each shareholder has one vote. A shareholder may give a written mandate to another shareholder to represent him at the meeting. No member may hold more than two proxies. The General Meeting may only v…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Administration.

Article R6223-24

Any shareholder may, at any time, obtain copies of the documents referred to in the previous article, minute books, accounting records and documents and, more generally, any documents held by the comp…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Investigations

Article R232-86-2

…on concerned. The investigators may take explanations on the spot, on the basis of 3° of article L. 232-18-4 or article L. 232-18-7, provided that the person heard has been expressly informed of the r…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Adaptation of laws and regulations by overseas departments

Article LO3445-2

…n lapses:1° On the last day of the month preceding that of the renewal of the departmental councils;2° On the day of the dissolution of the departmental council that adopted it;3° On the day of the va…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Regional health agency.

Article L6431-2

…es of members: 1° Members of Parliament elected in the territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands ; 2° Representatives of the Territorial Assembly, including, by right, the President of this Assembly;…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Formation by conversion of a société anonyme.

Article R229-20

The proposed conversion of the société anonyme, provided for in the second paragraph of article L. 225-245-1, is the subject of a notice inserted in a medium authorised to receive legal announcements…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Conversion of the société européenne into a société anonyme.

Article R229-24

…oposed transformation of the société européenne, provided for in the second paragraph of article L. 229-10, is the subject of a notice inserted in a medium authorised to receive legal announcements in…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: CONDITIONS OF APPLICATION OF THE SECOND AND THIRD SUBPARAGRAMS OF ARTICLE 73 OF THE CONSTITUTION TO THE TERRITORIAL AUTHORITIES OF GUYANA AND MARTINIQUE

Article LO7311-2

…authorisation lapses:1° On the last day of the month preceding that of the renewal of the assembly;2° On the day of the dissolution or the annulment of the election of all the members of the assembly…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Rules applicable to authorised establishments and organisations

Article R1243-25

…tions are distributed under the responsibility of the responsible person referred to in Article R. 1243-12 or, where applicable, the person responsible for the activities referred to in Article R. 124…

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