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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Non-voting preference shares.

Article L228-35-9

…ary shares, be purchased under the conditions provided for in the last two paragraphs of Article L. 228-35-10 and cancelled. Any purchase of ordinary shares that does not comply with this paragraph ma…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 6: Safeguard, reorganisation and compulsory winding-up proceedings

Article L2312-53

…situations and under the conditions set out in Articles L. 631-17, L. 631-18, L. 631-19 and L. 631-22 of the French Commercial Code; 4° During compulsory liquidation proceedings, in the situations an…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Allocation to authorised establishments

Article R6241-25

…the basis of the lists mentioned in 13° of Article L. 6241-5 and in Articles R. 6241-21 and R. 6241-22. 6241-5 and articles R. 6241-21 and R. 6241-22 ; 2° Informs employers of the criteria for allocat…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Regional joint body.

Article R5312-28

…tive national and cross-industry trade union and employers' organisations mentioned in article L. 5422-22. The members of the regional joint body are appointed for three years. This mandate is renewab…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Pre-contractual information

Article L224-27-1

…ption to register free of charge on the telephone anti-solicitation list provided for in article L. 223-1; 2° In addition to the information mentioned in 1°, providers of Internet access and publicly…

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

Article D54-10-7

…rity audit carried out by a qualified trust service provider under the conditions set out in Decree 2015-350 of 27 March 2015 relating to the qualification of security products and trust service provi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Functional allowances.

Article L2123-24-1

…I. - Municipal councillors to whom the mayor delegates part of his duties pursuant to articles L. 2122-18 and L. 2122-20 may receive an allowance allocated by the municipal council within the limits s…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 6: Foreign nationals exempt from applying for a residence permit

Article R431-18

…ign nationals mentioned in articles L. 312-4, L. 421-9 to L. 421-11, L. 421-13 to L. 421-21, L. 421-22 to L. 421-24, L. 421-26 to L. 421-29, L. 421-30 to L. 421-33, L. 422-1, L. 422-2, L. 422-4, L. 42…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: The Board of Directors and General Management

Article L22-10-17

…ration of the Chief Executive Officer and Deputy Chief Executive Officers referred to in Article L. 225-53 is determined in accordance with the conditions set out in article L. 22-10-8.

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

Article L22-10-19

…ount of the remuneration of each of the members of the Management Board, provided for in Article L. 225-63, is carried out in accordance with the conditions set out in article L. 22-10-26.

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