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

Article L225-25

The Articles of Association may require each director to own a number of shares in the company, which they determine. If, on the day of his appointment, a director does not own the required number of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IIIb: Medical regulation assistants

Article L4393-25

…of the Conseil d'Etat: 1° The composition and operation of the commission mentioned in article L. 4393-21 and the conditions under which the person concerned is subject to a compensation measure; 2° T…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Allocation to authorised establishments

Article R6241-28

…er education sets the distribution of the funds between the two parts mentioned in 1° and 2°, which may not be less than 20% each. It specifies the selection procedures for the courses mentioned in 2°…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: National Conciliation Commission.

Article R6142-25

…ely by one of the members mentioned in 1° and one of the members mentioned in 2° of article R. 6142-23, elected for one year by secret ballot by the members of the Commission. At the time of the initi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Composition and operating rules

Article R784-16

…he same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeR. 621-1 to R. 621-3no. 2018-572 of 3 July 2018R. 621-4No. 2019-821 of 2 August 2019R. 621-5n° 2018-572 of 3 July 2018R. 621-6n…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Section 2: Attachment

Article R222-25

…he procedure shall be as set out in Articles…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Common provisions

Article D48-8

Financial penalties may be transmitted, for the purpose of enforcement, to any Member State of the European Union in which the sentenced person has his habitual residence, possesses property or income…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Clarifying the encrypted data needed to establish the truth

Article 230-3

On completion of the operations or as soon as it appears that such operations are technically impossible or on expiry of the prescribed time limit or on receipt of the stop order from the public prose…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Common provisions

Article R2312-23

The social and economic committee is informed and consulted after the company has been notified of the direct award, by a public entity, of subsidies, loans or repayable advances, the amount of which…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General procedural rules

Article R331-25

…interests of the beneficiaries of at least one of the exceptions mentioned in 2° of article L. 331-28; this activity is assessed in particular on the basis of the production and dissemination of publ…

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