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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Regional development plan

Article L4433-10-1

…n and submits it for an opinion: 1° To the associated public bodies listed in II of Article L. 4433-10, and, where applicable, to the Institut national de la qualité et de l'origine; 2° The environmen…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Budgets and accounts

Article L72-101-15

The certified accounts of the bodies mentioned in 4° of Article L. 72-101-14 are forwarded to the local authority.They are communicated by the local authority to the elected members of the Assembly of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 4: Subscription, purchase or pledging by companies of their own shares

Article L22-10-62

The general meeting of a company whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market or a multilateral trading facility subject to the provisions of II of Article L. 433-3 of the Monetary and F…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Regional development plan

Article L4433-10-7

The regional development plan may be made compatible for the purposes of an operation declared to be in the public interest. An operation that is not compatible with the provisions of the regional dev…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Emergency contraception in secondary education establishments and university and inter-university student health services

Article D5134-10-1

…In the case of medicines for which a doctor's prescription is compulsory, these are prescribed and may be dispensed and administered by a doctor or midwife; they may also be dispensed and administere…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 5: Control

Article L22-10-69

…Board of Directors or to the Management Board under the conditions laid down in Article L. 225-232 may be exercised by an association meeting the conditions laid down in Article L. 22-10-44.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter X: Digital asset service providers

Article D54-10-2

To register in accordance with Article L. 54-10-3, applicants must send the following information to the Autorité des marchés financiers: 1° The identity of the persons referred to in 1° and 2° of Art…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 4: Subscription, purchase or pledging by companies of their own shares

Article L22-10-64

…és financiers the transactions they intend to carry out pursuant to the provisions of article L. 22-10-62. This declaration is deemed to have been made when these companies have made it pursuant to Ar…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Capital increases

Article L22-10-53

The Extraordinary General Meeting of a company whose securities are admitted to trading on a regulated market may delegate, for a maximum period of twenty-six months, to the Board of Directors or the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter X: Tattooing products

Article L513-10-5

A tattooing product may only be placed on the market, whether free of charge or for a fee, if it meets the following conditions: 1° Its container and packaging must bear the name or company name and a…

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