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

Article L233-38

…to shares in the company and the effects of any clause in an agreement entered into after 21 April 2004 providing for restrictions on the exercise of voting rights attached to shares in the company s…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Funds open to non-professional investors.

Article R214-177

I.-Any investment company with fixed capital, known as a SICAF, whose shares are admitted to trading on a French or foreign financial instruments market operated by a market undertaking, an investment…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Preventing business difficulties, ad hoc mandates and conciliation procedures.

Article R611-47-1

The proposals made by the mandataire ad hoc or the conciliator to the debtor on the terms of his remuneration shall be attached to the request mentioned in Article R. 611-18 or at the request mentione…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: Document prévisionnel de gestion des emplois et des crédits de personnel (forward-looking document for managing jobs and staff appropriations)

Article A114-4

The forward-looking document for the management of jobs and staff credits referred to in article R. 114-22, drawn up by the authorising officer of the sports resources, expertise and performance centr…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 6: Safeguard, reorganisation and compulsory winding-up proceedings

Article L2312-54

The person or persons designated by the social and economic committee, in accordance with the provisions of article L. 661-10 of the French Commercial Code, shall be heard by the competent court: 1° D…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R1331-16

…Article L. 511-4 of the French Construction and Housing Code and Articles 9 and 10 of Act 2011-725 of 23 June 2011 containing special provisions relating to informal housing districts and th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VI: Protection of sole traders

Article R526-27

To carry out the professional activity referred to in the first paragraph of article L. 526-22, and without prejudice to articles D. 123-235 and D. 123-236, the sole trader uses a name incorporating h…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: Endowments, grants and miscellaneous funds

Article D2335-17

Eligible for the financial assistance provided for in Article L. 2335-15 are the costs of housing or rehousing the occupants mentioned in Article D. 2335-18, incurred in application of: 1° One of the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Joint associations of local authorities, groups of local authorities and other legal entities governed by public law

Article D5843-2

I. - The articles R. 5721-1 and R. 5721-2 are applicable in French Polynesia subject to the adaptations provided for in II and III.II. - For the application of Article R. 5721-1, the words: "of the Ge…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter II: Life insurance and capitalisation operations

Article Annexe art. A132-4

…y information document or the specific information document provided for in Regulation (EU) No 1286/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 November 2014 and Commission Delegated Regu…

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