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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Adapted companies

Article L5213-13

…uthorities or public or private bodies. When they are set up by commercial companies, they take the form of separate legal entities.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Declarations to be made by legal entities

Article R123-71-1

…ed office is situated in another Member State of the European Union, and which has one of the legal forms listed in Annex 1-3 to this Book, he shall communicate such changes to the competent registrar…

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

Article R225-130

…0 of the equity securities that could not be allocated individually and corresponding to the rights forming fractional shares, as well as the distribution of the sums resulting from this sale to the h…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Judicial police

Article D14-1

…shall give an account of all crimes, offences or contraventions of which they have knowledge in the form of reports sent to their hierarchical superiors. The latter, who have the status of judicial po…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Sociétés civiles de placement immobilier (non-trading property investment companies), sociétés d'épargne forestière (forestry savings companies) and groupements forestiers d'investissement (forestry investment groups)

Article R214-146

…ept this role are elected scrutineers. The Chairman, the two tellers and the secretary they appoint form the officers of the Meeting. Unless otherwise provided in the Articles of Association, the secr…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Employment contract.

Article L7121-7-1

…op shop set out in article L. 7122-22 must, in the absence of contractual provisions specific to performing artists and technicians in respect of their main activity, when they employ a performing art…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 6: Conditions for authorisation

Article R1261-29

The ministerial authority renews the authorisation on the basis of the information mentioned in article R. 1261-25 and the establishment's internal control report and, for activities that are subject…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Administration of establishments in the network of chambers of commerce and industry.

Article R712-30

…eshold mentioned in the last paragraph of Article R. 712-7, authorisation to borrow is given in the forms provided for in Article R. 712-8. The mere inclusion in the budget of the establishment of the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Election of consular delegates

Article R713-44

…able to the election of consular delegates. II.-Each candidate shall certify to the Prefect, in the form of a declaration on their honour, that they meet the eligibility conditions listed in Article L…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Procedures for compiling statistics (R)

Article R1614-12

Agreements between the State and the region may provide for the transmission of the information provided for in article R. 1614-11 by computer files complying with the specifications of national infor…

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