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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Accounts, deposit of funds, controls and miscellaneous provisions

Article R814-50

…itle of honorary judicial administrator or honorary judicial representative may be conferred by the Commission nationale d'inscription et de discipline. Honorary status may only be conferred on person…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Admission to the profession

Article R811-36

The commission updates the list of court-appointed administrators at least once a year. It takes into account transfers of professional domicile, changes of address of professional premises and the cr…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Retailers' cooperative societies.

Article L124-4-1

The articles of association of a société coopérative de commerçants may stipulate that a member wishing to sell his business, or more than 50% of the shares making up the capital of the company operat…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Resources and means

Article L1233-6

…gories of persons who may enter the citizens' reserve for territorial cohesion and the duration and clauses of the contract of commitment to serve in this reserve.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Transfer of the employment contract.

Article L1224-3

…yees of the public entity, the contract proposed by the public entity shall include the substantial clauses of the contract held by the employees, in particular those relating to remuneration.The serv…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Public limited companies.

Article L225-122

I.-Subject to the provisions of Articles L. 225-10, L. 225-123, L. 225-124, L. 225-125, L. 22-10-46, L. 22-10-47 and L. 22-10-48, the voting rights attached to capital shares or dividend-right shares…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Funeral operations

Article L2223-34-1

Any clause in a contract providing for funeral services in advance without the detailed and personalised content of these services being defined is deemed unwritten. Any contract providing for funeral…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Public policy

Article L3142-90

To obtain the agreement mentioned in article L. 3142-89, the reservist employee shall submit his request in writing to his employer, indicating the date and duration of the planned absence. In the abs…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Organisations exempt from administrative approval.

Article R322-134

The subscription of a reinsurance treaty, under the conditions provided for in Article R. 322-132, by an undertaking which has obtained administrative authorisation, has the effect of suspending the v…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section V: Purchases by French companies from French suppliers in competition with a foreign company receiving official export support

Article R442-10-7

…d that the non-payment or the interruption of the contract is not due to the non-performance of the clauses and conditions of the contract by the beneficiary of the guarantee and results from one of t…

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