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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Shareholders' meetings

Article L22-10-36

…oes not include the statement provided for in I or II of Article L. 225-102-1, any interested party may ask the president of the court ruling in summary proceedings to enjoin the Board of Directors or…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Customer due diligence obligations

Article L561-5

…rder not to interrupt the normal conduct of business, the obligations mentioned in 2° of the said I may be fulfilled during the establishment of the business relationship. V. - The conditions for appl…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Transmission of information

Article L561-31-2

…ilities and for the accomplishment of its missions, the department referred to in Article L. 561-23 may transmit to Europol the information and financial analyses available to it pursuant to II and II…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Balanced representation of women and men

Article L2314-30

…e rules results in the total exclusion of the representation of either sex, the lists of candidates may include a candidate of the sex that would otherwise not be represented. This candidate may not b…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 6: Disputes

Article L2315-86

…eived by the expert are reimbursed by the latter to the employer. The social and economic committee may at any time decide to pay these sums itself.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter II: The guarantee fund for victims of terrorism and other offences.

Article R422-7

…on, as well as the purpose, date and place of the examination. They will also be informed that they may be assisted by a doctor of their choice.Within thirty days of the examination, the doctor sends…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article R442-3

…where applicable, for transferring their benefit to the assignees of the receivables they cover. It may, after consulting the same committee, adapt these conditions and procedures on a case-by-case ba…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions.

Article L321-2

…egal form of their choice. When they meet the training conditions laid down by regulation, notaries may also organise and conduct these sales, with the exception of voluntary sales by public auction o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Status of statutory auditors.

Article L822-9

…mpany, who sign the report intended for the body called upon to rule on the accounts. These persons may only perform the duties of statutory auditor within a single firm of statutory auditors. The mem…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Procedure applicable to exceptions to copyright and related rights and to the transmission of digital files used to publish printed works

Article R331-41

If conciliation fails, the Autorité de Régulation de la Communication Audiovisuelle et Numérique may, in a reasoned decision taken at the end of the procedure laid down in I of Article R. 331-35, eith…

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