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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Companies or organisations exploiting a medicinal product or a product mentioned in Article R. 5121-150

Article R5121-174

The holder of the authorisation provided for in Article L. 4211-6 is required to report the following to the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Provisions applicable by court order

Article L237-17

…s, and even in companies which are not required to appoint statutory auditors, one or more auditors may be appointed by the shareholders under the conditions set out in I of article L. 237-27. Failing…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Coordination Committee

Article R4424-17

The President of the Corsican Executive Council, or his representative, may take part in the work of the committee in an advisory capacity.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Commencement and conduct of secondary insolvency proceedings

Article L692-6

The official receiver shall record by order the creditors' agreement referred to in paragraph 2 of Article 47 of the aforementioned Regulation (EU) 2015/848.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Commencement and conduct of secondary insolvency proceedings

Article R692-6

In application of III of Article L. 692-5, as soon as the draft plan has been filed at the registry by the debtor or the administrator, the registrar shall notify the insolvency practitioner in the ma…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3a: Departmental Mobilisation Fund for Integration

Article L3334-16-2

…hélemy, Saint-Martin and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon. It is endowed with €500 million per year.As of 1 January 2019, the territorial collectivity of French Guiana and the Department of Mayotte and, as of…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Estimates and contracts.

Article 1792-5

…se in a contract whose purpose is either to exclude or limit the liability provided for in articles 1792, 1792-1 and 1792-2, or to exclude the guarantees provided for in articles 1792-3 and 1792-6 or…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Youth employment contract

Article R5131-16

I.-The youth commitment contract includes the assessment referred to in article L. 5131-6 and defines: 1° The commitments of each party with a view to achieving the objectives set in relation to the y…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Assets and resources

Article R2135-17

The joint fund management association may not own any assets other than those necessary for its operation.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
d: Levy on fixed-income investment income

Article 1678 quater

…in l'article 125 A, the withholding tax relating to interest on savings bonds mentioned in article 1678 bis and the levies on income attached to capitalisation bonds or contracts and to investments o…

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