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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Shares.

Article L228-29-4

…request to exchange the old securities and the purchases or sales of fractional shares necessary to carry out the consolidation are treated as acts of simple administration, unless the new securities…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Shares.

Article L228-29-7

A decree in the Conseil d'Etat shall set the terms and conditions for the application of articles L. 228-29-1 to L. 228-29-6, in particular the conditions not provided for in Article L. 228-29-1 under…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Inspections

Article L513-24

…idation proceedings, the Specific Controller shall make the declaration provided for in Article L. 622-24 of the French Commercial Code in the name and on behalf of the holders of claims benefiting fr…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 4a: Supervision of the practice of the profession

Article R422-55-2

…e conditions for inclusion on the list of industrial property attorneys provided for in Article L. 422-5 as well as compliance with the professional obligations set out in Section IV of this chapter.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: General provisions

Article L613-50-2

When the implementation of a resolution measure in application of the provisions of sub-paragraphs 3, 4, 5 or 6 of this paragraph implies the granting of an authorisation in application of I of Articl…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
1. Functions.

Article R6152-26-5

When the director of the establishment makes his decision subject to a ban on the practitioner carrying out a lucrative private activity within a maximum radius of ten kilometres of the public health…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Operating rules

Article D621-29-1

…is traded is determined on the basis of an annual average of the number of securities traded on 31 December of the previous year. The amount of the contribution referred to in IIa of Article L. 621-5…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Deregistration

Article R521-24

The Registrar shall automatically strike off registrations that have not been renewed before the expiry of the time limits in articles R. 521-11 and R. 521-12. If the registration is made again after…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: End of the research period

Article L1233-57-21

…n agreement concluded between the company and the administrative authority pursuant to articles L. 1233-84 to L. 1233-90. Having regard to the employer's ability to avoid redundancies or to limit the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Individual monitoring and additional examinations

Article R4412-51-2

…our and agriculture specifies the procedures and methods to be used to check compliance with biological limit values.

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