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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Advance information of employees enabling them to make an offer in the event of the sale of a business in undertakings subject to the obligation to set up a works council

Article L141-30

Information may be provided to employees by any means, specified by regulation, likely to make the date of its receipt by the employees certain. When the information is made by registered letter with…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Capital increases.

Article L225-141

The period granted to shareholders to exercise their subscription rights may not be less than five trading days from the opening of the subscription period. This period is terminated early as soon as…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article R5121-141

By way of derogation from the provisions of Article R. 5121-138, when the medicinal products or products are contained in an outer packaging that complies with the requirements of the said Article, th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 6: Funds of hedge funds

Article L214-141

The general regulations of the Autorité des marchés financiers shall set the conditions for the subscription, sale and redemption of units or shares issued by such funds.By way of derogation from the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10: Special provisions.

Article R5141-141

Within the meaning of article L. 5141-2, the veterinarian may only prescribe an auto-vaccine for veterinary use under the conditions of 4° of article L. 5143-4, prepared from a pathogen which he himse…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: The introduction of a period allowing employees to make an offer in the event of the sale of a business in companies that are not required to set up a works council.

Article L141-26

The sale takes place within a maximum of two years after the expiry of the period provided for in article L. 141-23. After this period, any sale is subject to articles L. 141-23 to L. 141-25.

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter I: French National Olympic and Sports Committee

Article L141-2

…ique et Sportif Français may exercise the rights of a civil party in respect of the offences referred to in Titles II and III of Book I, Titles I and II of Book II and Title II of Book III.

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter Ia: The French Paralympic and Sports Committee

Article R141-27

The French Paralympic and Sports Committee has exclusive responsibility for forming, organising and leading the French delegation to the Paralympic Games and multi-sport competitions sponsored by the…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Hearings and conciliation measures

Article R141-22

The conciliation hearing takes place on the premises of the French National Olympic and Sports Committee, unless the conciliator decides otherwise. The conciliation hearing is not public. The parties…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Hearings and conciliation measures

Article R141-24

In the event of an appeal to the courts, the conciliation proposal is forwarded to the competent court by the chairman of the conciliators' conference. In the case of optional conciliation, the concil…

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