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Showing 27512760 of 36505 articles for Art. EU Regulation 2020/1503 du 7-10-2020

French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Provisions specific to public limited companies

Article L22-10-45

Deliberations made by meetings in breach of the provisions of articles L. 22-10-31, L. 22-10-32 and L. 22-10-33 are null and void.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Special provisions for certain employees whose remuneration normally includes the provision of food or accommodation.

Article D141-7

…on of these provisions to employees other than cooks, who are employed on the basis of a weekly schedule between thirty-nine hours and the attendance times set out above and who have completed their a…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Changes in share capital and employee share ownership

Article L22-10-55

…second paragraph of article L. 22-10-54 may give rise to an injunction in accordance with the procedures defined in articles L. 238-1 and L. 238-6. Decisions taken in violation of Article L. 22-10-53…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Management and administration

Article L22-10-4

…f said contract corresponding, where applicable, to items of remuneration, compensation or benefits due or likely to be due as a result of the termination or change of these duties, or subsequent ther…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Sole traders with limited liability.

Article R526-10-1

…Article L. 526-7 and benefiting from the schemes provided for in articles 50-0, 64 bis and 102 ter du code général des impôts tiennent:1° Un livre des recettes et, lorsque la nature de leur activité…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Custody account and registration in a shared electronic recording system

Article L211-7

…curities admitted to trading on a "DLT market infrastructure" within the meaning of Article 2(5) of Regulation (EU) 2022/858 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2022 on a pilot sch…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Blood transfusion establishments

Article R1222-10-1

The Etablissement Français du Sang is organised into blood transfusion establishments throughout France. Blood transfusion establishments are unincorporated local establishments of the Etablissement F…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Institution of proceedings

Article 755

In urgent cases, the time limits for appearance and delivery of the summons may be reduced by authorisation of the judge. These time limits may also be reduced pursuant to law or regulation.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Rights of parents in the absence of a spouse entitled to inherit.

Article 733

The law does not distinguish according to the methods of establishing filiation to determine the parents called to succeed. The rights resulting from adoptive filiation are regulated under adoption.

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK IX: Overseas provisions.

Article R910-7

I. - The reference to Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the…

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