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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Shareholders' meetings

Article L22-10-47

The effects of the limitation on the number of votes available to each shareholder at general meetings, referred to in Article L. 225-125, provided for in the articles of association of a company that…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Shareholders' meetings

Article L22-10-38

The provisions of the Articles of Association relating to the holding of meetings exclusively by videoconference or by means of telecommunication provided for in Article L. 225-103-1 does not apply to…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Shareholders' meetings

Article L22-10-35

In companies whose securities are admitted to trading on a regulated market, the management report presented by the Board of Directors or the Management Board to the Ordinary General Meeting referred…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: The Management Board and the Supervisory Board

Article L22-10-24

…icle L. 225-79-2 is applicable to companies whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market only if at least four-fifths of their shares are held, directly or indirectly, by a natural perso…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: The Management Board and the Supervisory Board

Article L22-10-29

In companies whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market, the supervisory board shall establish a procedure for regularly assessing whether the agreements relating to current transactio…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions relating to the enforcement of asset freezing orders issued by foreign authorities

Article 695-9-10

The investigating judge is competent to rule on requests to freeze assets as well as to execute them.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 4: Capture of computer data

Article 706-102-3

On pain of nullity, the decision authorising the use of the device referred to in Article 706-102-1 specifies the offence giving rise to the operations, the exact location or detailed description of t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXV bis: Procedure applicable to serial or unsolved crimes

Article 706-106-1

…code for the investigation, prosecution, trial and judgment of the crimes provided for in articles 221-1 to 221-5,222-1,222-3 to 222-6,222-23 to 222-26and 224-1 to 224-3 of the Criminal Code and all o…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 5a: Complementary certificates associated with vocational diplomas, State diplomas and higher State diplomas in youth, popular education and sport

Article A112-101-1

The order creating the complementary certificates mentioned in article D. 212-65 sets out, in particular: -the unit or units making up the certificate; -the pre-requisites for entry to the training co…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Commission for the recognition of qualifications

Article A212-175-10

…tee draws up its own rules of procedure on the recommendation of its chairman. The commission's secretariat is provided by the sub-directorate for employment and training in the sports department.

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