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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 4: General Meeting.

Article R214-138

I.-Subject to article R. 214-137, shareholders are convened to general meetings by a notice published in the Bulletin des annonces légales obligatoires and by an ordinary letter sent to them personall…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 4: General Meeting.

Article R214-139

The period between the date of insertion of the notice of meeting, or the date of dispatch of the letters if this is later, and the date of the meeting must be at least fifteen days in the case of a f…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article D513-11-2

Prior to donation, the stool donor receives information from the establishment or organisation carrying out the collection on the conditions for : 1° Biological donor selection ; 2° Clinical selection…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General conditions

Article D6124-177-2

The inpatient sector comprises rooms with one or two beds. Each room is equipped with a call device adapted to the patient's condition. The hospitalisation sector and rehabilitation rooms have: 1° Acc…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions.

Article R526-13

The transfer for consideration to a natural person or the inter vivos transfer for no consideration of the affected assets, the transfer to a sole trader or a legal entity of these assets or their con…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Opinion on agreements for the transfer of personnel and property (R)

Article R1425-13

The matter may be referred to the departmental consultative commission, until the end of the period set out in article R. 1425-3, by the department, a commune, a public establishment for inter-communa…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1a: Complaints by electronic means

Article D8-2-3

The victim must also be informed, in accordance with the same procedures, of the rights provided for by article 10-2 of this code. The complainant shall also be informed of the procedures for communic…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Staff transfers

Article L1424-13

Professional firefighters who, on the date of promulgation of the loi n° 96-369 du 3 mai 1996 relative aux services d'incendie et de secours, are under the authority of a communal or inter-communal bo…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Closed-end funds governed by foreign law whose units or shares are traded on a financial instruments market

Article L214-138

When the units or shares of a closed-end investment fund established under foreign law are admitted to trading on a financial instruments market referred to in Article L. 421-1 or a multilateral tradi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-subparagraph 1: Declarations for registration purposes

Article A123-13

The savings and provident institution shall also declare the surname, customary name, pseudonym, first names, personal domicile, date and place of birth and information relating to nationality provide…

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