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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Declaration of claims.

Article R622-22

In application of the sixth paragraph of Article L. 622-24, creditors whose claims, properly arising after the opening judgment other than those mentioned in I of Article L. 622-17, result from a succ…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Company mutual funds

Article L214-164

…s held in the fund and decides on the contribution of units or securities. However, the regulations may stipulate that the voting rights relating to these units or securities are to be exercised by th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Duties of the social and economic committee in undertakings with at least eleven employees and fewer than fifty employees

Article L2312-6

…1-18 concerning remuneration ;b) L. 1251-21 to L. 1251-23 concerning working conditions ;c) L. 1251-24 concerning access to collective means of transport and collective facilities.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The Board of Directors of the Executive Board.

Article L225-37

The Board of Directors may only validly deliberate if at least half of its members are present. Any clause to the contrary is deemed unwritten. Unless the Articles of Association provide for a greater…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Company mutual funds

Article L214-165

…The fund rules specify the composition and procedures for appointing its supervisory board, which may be carried out either by election on the basis of the number of units held by each unitholder, o…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Taxes, fees or payments not provided for in the General Tax Code

Article L2333-2

I.-It is instituted for the benefit of the communes or, as the case may be, of the public establishments for inter-communal cooperation or of the départements which are substituted for them by virtue…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions relating to preventive group resolution plans

Article L613-40-1

…es concerned in accordance with the conditions set out in III of Article L. 613-40. To this end, it may refer the matter to the European Banking Authority under the conditions set out in IV of the sam…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions relating to the enforcement of confiscation orders issued by the courts of another Member State of the European Union

Article 713-20

…litical opinions or sexual orientation or gender identity or that the enforcement of the said order may adversely affect the position of that person for any of these reasons; 5° If the confiscation is…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Programming projects representing programming commitments

Article R212-40

…Article L. 212-24. Notification of the programming project is made within two months of t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Bodies and operations

Article L5842-4

…tralisation, deconcentration and various measures to simplify local public action L. 5211-8 law no. 2011-525 of 17 May 2011 L. 5211-9 law no. 2018-607 of 13 July 2018 L. 5211-9-1 law no. 2001-1248 of…

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