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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 2: Mergers involving joint stock companies or limited liability companies

Article L236-9

…the transaction, to ratification by the special shareholders' meetings referred to in articles L. 225-99 and L. 228-15.The draft terms of merger are submitted to the special meetings of holders of in…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Amending entries.

Article R123-122

I. - The following shall be entered automatically in the register: 1° Decisions, taken in safeguard or receivership or judicial liquidation proceedings for companies opened on or after 1 January 2006:…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Specific provisions for victims of violence and offences committed within a couple or within the family

Article D1-12

I.-The terms under which, pursuant to 10° of Article 10-2 and article 10-5-1, victims of violence have the right, when their medical examination has been requested by an officer or agent of the judici…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions relating to minimum capital requirements and eligible commitments

Article R613-46-6

I.-Pursuant to X of Article L. 613-44, the persons referred to in Article L. 613-34 shall communicate: 1° The amounts of own funds which, where applicable, satisfy the conditions referred to in 2° of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Negotiation procedures in companies with at least fifty employees

Article L2232-26

…employees without a trade union delegate where, following the procedure defined in article L. 2232-25-1, no member of the staff delegation of the social and economic committee has expressed a wish to…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Inspection of products before release for free circulation

Article R512-29

…led. These seals retain an identification label bearing the information mentioned in article R. 512-25. The sample is sent by the holder, at his expense, to one of the laboratories mentioned in articl…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER VI : Resource equalisation

Article L2336-6

…four years following their last year of eligibility, an allocation equal to 90%, 70%, 50% and then 25% respectively of the repayment received in the year preceding the loss of eligibility. To determi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Financial organisation.

Article L6145-9

…evenue voucher to the assigning public accountant, within the period provided for in article L. 162-25 of the said code, so that this invoice has the enforceability provided for in 6° of article L. 11…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Dissolution and transformation.

Article L5215-42

…A decree in the Council of State determines, in accordance with the provisions of article L. 5211-25-1 and subject to the rights of third parties, the conditions under which the community is liquida…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Beneficial owner

Article R561-2

…f Article L. 561-2-2, means the natural person(s) who either directly or indirectly holds more than 25% of the units, shares or voting rights of the collective investment scheme, or exercises, by any…

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