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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Operation of the company.

Article R743-108

…shares, accompanied, where applicable, by a reduction in the share capital pursuant to the article 21 of Law no. 66-879 of 29 November 1966, shall be completed in accordance with the rules laid down…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2 : Special rules on the form of certain wills.

Article 998

If the testator declares that he cannot or does not know how to sign, mention shall be made of his declaration, together with the cause which prevents him from signing. In the event that the presence…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: Proceedings with compulsory representation.

Article 909

…a period of three months from the notification of the appellant's pleadings provided for in article 908 to deliver his pleadings to the registry and to lodge, where appropriate, a cross-appeal or an i…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Proceedings without mandatory representation.

Article 992

…ross-appeal, he shall notify a copy of the statement of case provided for in paragraph 1 of article 1010.

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Issue and withdrawal of authorisation

Article R131-9

Approval may be withdrawn from a federation which ceases to fulfil the conditions laid down for its issue, in particular: 1° In the event of amendments to the Articles of Association or disciplinary r…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: National Commission for Decentralised Cooperation (R)

Article R1115-10

Each full member appointed under 1° of article R. 1115-9 has an alternate appointed under the same conditions. Alternate members may only attend meetings and take part in votes if the full member they…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions relating to exceptional support for companies producing and distributing cinematographic works during the period of resumption of theatrical exhibition of cinematographic works

Article 914-1

…nies are entitled, due to the commercial representation of cinematographic works in cinemas between 22 June 2020 and 1 September 2020, are set out in articles 914-2 and 914-3.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Tax base

Article 965

…the year: 1° Of all the property and property rights belonging to the persons mentioned in article 964 as well as to their minor children, when they have the legal administration of the latter's prop…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Harvesting haematopoietic cells from bone marrow or peripheral blood from a minor donor

Article R1241-10

…president of the judicial court or his or her delegate under the conditions defined in articles R. 1231-2 and R. 1231-3. In the event of a life-threatening emergency, the consent of each of the person…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Shareholders' meetings

Article L22-10-45

Deliberations made by meetings in breach of the provisions of articles L. 22-10-31, L. 22-10-32 and L. 22-10-33 are null and void.

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