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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Shareholders' meetings.

Article R225-102

The management report referred to in the second paragraph of Article L. 225-100 must be accompanied by a table, a model of which is shown in Appendix 2-2 to this book, showing the company's results fo…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Procedure for appointing liquidators

Article R613-10

…dentiel et de résolution considers that a liquidator should be appointed pursuant to Article L. 613-24, it shall inform the credit institution, finance company, electronic money institution, payment i…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Budgets and accounts

Article L5217-10-15

The certified accounts of the bodies mentioned in 4° of Article L. 5217-10-14 are transmitted to the metropolitan authority.They are communicated by the metropolitan authority to the elected members o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Sociétés coopératives ouvrières de production, agricultural cooperatives and public companies.

Article L3323-9

…Conseil d'Etat, to make them applicable to these companies. By way of derogation from article L. 3324-10, the profit-sharing agreement applicable in these companies may provide that all or part of th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Single chapter.

Article L2151-9

…ce de la biomédecine.However, medical biology laboratories authorised in accordance with Article L. 2142-1 may store embryos proposed for research pursuant to 2° of II of Article L. 2141-4 without hol…

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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 L2333-96

If the facility referred to in article L. 2333-92 is located less than 500 metres from the territory of one or more communes bordering on the commune establishing the tax, the deliberation provided fo…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Promotional communications

Article R1223-10

I. - The provision of free samples of a plasma referred to in the second paragraph of article L. 1223-6 is only permitted during the two years following its initial inclusion or modification on the li…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Consultation with the State

Article L1311-10

…cluding charges, equal to or greater than an amount set by the competent administrative authority ; 2° Les acquisitions à l'amiable, par adjudication ou par exercice du droit de préemption, d'immeuble…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Presentation of the diploma

Article A212-102

The third level of the "brevet d'Etat d'éducateur sportif" mentioned in article D. 212-70 is a professional diploma. It attests to the ability and qualification of its holder to teach physical and spo…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter X: Information for employees in the event of the sale of their company

Article L23-10-11

The transfer is again subject to articles L. 23-10-7 to L. 23-10-9when it occurs more than two years after the expiry of the period provided for in article L. 23-10-7. If during this two-year period t…

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