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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Hospital cooperatives of doctors

Article L6163-10

The decision duly taken by any company, whatever its form, or any economic interest grouping, to amend its Articles of Association in order to adapt them to the provisions of this chapter does not res…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Shareholders' meetings.

Article R225-67

…t of the registered office and, in addition, if all the shares of the company are not in registered form, in the Bulletin des annonces légales obligatoires.If all the shares of the company are in regi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Organisation and operation.

Article R822-87

…sferee, it shall notify, within a period of six months from the notification of its refusal, in the forms provided for in the previous article, in the same forms to the member who persists in his inte…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Issue.

Article R5132-6-1

…director, attached to the shipping company and responsible for holding the medicines, of the order form provided for in division 217 and division 241 of the said regulations. They may also deliver me…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter V: Criminal provisions

Article L335-1

…ny copy, product, apparatus, device, component or means infringing technological measures and the information mentioned respectively in articles L. 331-5 and L. 331-11 as well as the seizure of equipm…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Provisions common to judicial measures

Article 432

The judge rules, the person being heard or called. The person concerned may be accompanied by a lawyer or, subject to the judge's agreement, by any other person of his or her choice. The judge may, ho…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 486

The minutes of the judgment are dated and mention the names of the judges who handed down the judgment; the presence of the public prosecutor at the hearing must be noted on the minutes.After being si…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Determination of taxable profit

Article 217 septdecies

1. Mutual insurers and unions governed by the Mutual Code and provident institutions governed by Title III of Book IX of the Social Security Code may allocate a special solvency reserve account up to…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Provisions applicable during periods of general mobilisation and wartime

Article L2124-5

In time of war, any member of a town council, including the mayor, may be suspended by decree on grounds of public order or the general interest until the cessation of hostilities. The elected represe…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Simplified judicial liquidation.

Article L644-5

The court shall pronounce the closure of the judicial liquidation at the latest within six months of the decision ordering or deciding on the application of the simplified procedure, with the debtor h…

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