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

Article L225-54-1

An individual may not simultaneously hold more than one office as chief executive officer of sociétés anonymes having their registered office on French territory. As an exception to the provisions of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Special rules relating to sociétés de placement à prépondérance immobilière à capital variable (real estate investment companies with variable capital)

Article L214-62

…ct to Article L. 214-45 and the conditions laid down by the General Regulations of the Autorité des marchés financiers, the shares of a société de placement à prépondérance immobilière à capital varia…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Profits

Article L232-19

The issue price of shares issued under the conditions provided for in Article L. 232-18 may not be less than the par value.In companies whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market, the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: General partnerships.

Article R221-3

The minutes provided for in Article R. 221-2 are drawn up in a special register kept at the registered office and listed and initialled either by a judge of the commercial court, or by a judge of the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article R225-22

The deliberations of the Board of Directors are recorded in minutes drawn up in a special register kept at the registered office and listed and initialled either by a judge of the Commercial Court, or…

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

Article R225-49

The deliberations of the supervisory board are recorded in minutes drawn up in a special register kept at the registered office and listed and initialled either by a judge of the commercial court, a j…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Investment rules.

Article R214-32-26

…whose assets serve as underlyings for credit derivatives.The General Regulation of the Autorité des marchés financiers shall specify the conditions of application of this article.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Healthcare waste produced by patients undergoing self-treatment and users of self-tests

Article R1335-8-7

The financing of collection systems and operations for the prevention, collection, transport and treatment of waste arising from the use of the products mentioned in 2°, 3° and 4° of article R. 1335-8…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Prohibitions, declarations and notifications

Article R3512-11

I.-The declaration mentioned in I of Article L. 3512-17 includes the following information: 1° The reasons for the presence of the ingredients in the product; 2° The exact quantity, in descending orde…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Procedure applicable in the event of non-compliance with the rules on the advertising of veterinary medicinal products

Article R5145-2

I. - In the case provided for in article R. 5141-86, where the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail considers that the pla…

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