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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Subscription of shares

Article L214-97

…to an ascendant or descendant, the transfer of shares to a third party, in any capacity whatsoever, may be subject to the Company's approval by means of a clause in the Articles of Association. If an…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L228-93

A joint stock company may issue securities giving access to equity securities to be issued by the company that directly or indirectly owns more than half of its capital or by the company of which it d…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Carcinogens, mutagens or agents toxic to reproduction.

Article R4535-9

…agenic and toxic to reproduction agents: 1° Scope and definitions provided for in articles R. 4412-59 to R. 4412-60 ; 2° Risk assessment provided for in articles R. 4412-61 to R. 4412-65 with the exce…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Conditions for authorisation and practice

Article D513-11-8

Establishments or organisations authorised under Article L. 513-11-1 shall send the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé an annual activity repor…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Scope of application

Article L23-111-1

…the terms of this title: 1° Exercising at least the same powers as those mentioned in article L. 23-113-1; 2° Composed of at least five representatives of representative employers' professional organi…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section V: Effect on insurance contracts of the requisition of goods and services.

Article R*160-11

In the absence of notification made in accordance with article R. 160-9 and subject to the application of the provisions of paragraphs 1 and 2 of article L. 160-8, the cancellation of the insurance co…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
APPENDICES TO PART ONE

Article Annexe 11-2

…TIMS OF MEDICAL ACCIDENTS, IATROGENIC CONDITIONS OR NOSOCOMIAL INFECTIONS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE D. 1142-2 I. - NEUROLOGYNeurological deficits should only be assessed after a sufficiently long period…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER VI : Resource equalisation

Article R2336-9

…onal centimes collected the penultimate year by the communes under Article 52 of the Organic Law of 19 March 1999 relating to New Caledonia;c) The product of own taxation collected the penultimate yea…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Obligations of delegated producers

Article L251-9

…inancing contract giving them a share in the operating revenue, to the authors listed in article L. 113-7 of the French Intellectual Property Code and, where applicable, to the publishers who have tra…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Civil actions

Article L615-9

…ember State of the European Economic Community or effective and serious preparations to that effect may invite the proprietor of a patent to take a position on the enforceability of his title in respe…

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