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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6a: The equity savings plan for financing small and medium-sized enterprises and mid-cap companies

Article D221-113-5

…the company issuing the securities registered in the plan, referred to in a) of 2 of Article L. 221-32-2, are assessed under the conditions defined in Articles 1, 3, 5 and 6 of Annex I to Commission R…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 194

…er with his closing arguments, to the Investigating Chamber.In the cases provided for by articles 173 and 186-1, or when it is directly seised pursuant to articles 81, ninth paragraph, 82-1, second pa…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 5: Necessary deposit.

Article 1953

They are liable for the theft or damage of these effects, whether the theft was committed or the damage was caused by their servants, or by third parties coming and going in the hotel.This liability i…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-sub-paragraph 3: Filing of accounting documents, declaration of confidentiality and declaration of simplified publication of annual accounts.

Article R123-111-1

…ercial companies constituting the micro-enterprises mentioned in the first paragraph of Article L. 232-25 choose not to disclose their annual accounts to third parties pursuant to this text, the accou…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Applications for nullity of marriage

Article 194

No one may claim the title of spouse and the civil effects of marriage unless he or she represents an act of celebration recorded in the civil status register; except in the cases provided for in Arti…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter III: Personal appearance of the parties.

Article 196

If one of the parties is unable to appear, the judge who ordered the appearance or the judge appointed by the bench to which he belongs may go to that party after, if appropriate, summoning the opposi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Accounting

Article D71-114-2

…up by the President of the local authority, showing expenditure which, having been committed before 31 December of the previous year, has not been mandated before the end of the financial year. This s…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Custodian

Article L214-11-1

The delegation to a third party of the custody of the assets of the UCITS referred to in II of article L. 214-10-5 does not exonerate the depositary from its liability.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Information for consumers of packaged natural mineral water

Article R1322-44-11

Where the trade description of a specific natural mineral water differs from the name of the spring or the place where it is exploited, the name or place must be indicated in characters at least one a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Open-ended inclusion contracts

Article D5132-43-11

…r into an open-ended contract with an integration workshop or site, as provided for in article L. 5132-15-1-1 , at the end of a minimum period of twelve months following the start of their pathway to…

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