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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Specialised professional funds.

Article R214-203-4

The beneficiaries of a loan granted by a specialised professional fund may be :1° Sole proprietorships or legal entities governed by private law primarily engaged in a commercial, industrial, agricult…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 5: Subscription, purchase or pledge by companies of their own shares.

Article L225-208

…hich allocate their shares under the conditions provided for in articles L. 225-197-1 to L. 225-197-3 of this Code and those which grant options to purchase their shares under the conditions set out i…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Transport

Article L4424-20

…cial equilibrium of these companies.The Office ensures the implementation of any other mission that may be entrusted to it by the Corsican regional authority within the limits of its competencies. It…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Assignment of the debtor's assets.

Article L642-20

…2-18 and L. 642-19 are subject to the prohibitions set out in the first paragraph of Article L. 642-3. However, the juge-commissaire may, at the request of the public prosecutor, derogate from this an…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Advisory Committee (R).

Article R2113-20

…unicipal council of the new commune to complete, under the conditions provided for in article L. 2113-23 as it read prior to the loi n° 2010-1563 du 16 décembre 2010 de réforme des collectivités terri…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 6: Participation of midwives in medically assisted procreation activities

Article D4151-20

…blishments authorised to carry out these activities pursuant to article L. 2142-1. Liberal midwives may also participate in the clinical activities of medically assisted procreation when they interven…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Disciplinary proceedings.

Article R724-20

The commission may, on a proposal from the Minister of Justice, withdraw the honorary status of a former judge of a commercial court under the conditions set out in articles L. 724-1, L. 724-3, L. 724…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Exemptions and special schemes.

Article 208 ter B

…Organisations that receive interest from sums held in special passbook accounts opened before 1 January 2009, under conditions defined by decree, by the mutual credit banks that are members of the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Water and sanitation

Article R2224-20

…ater pricing system that does not include a term directly proportional to the total volume consumed may only be granted if the total population of the commune, the public establishment for inter-commu…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection III: Register matters.

Article ANNEXE, art. 29

…it was inadmissible because an essential condition was missing, the court in charge of the register may strike it off ex officio. It must inform the interested person of the proposed striking off and…

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