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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Filings appended to the register

Article R123-102

…d as a true copy by the legal representative or by any person authorised by the texts governing the form of company in question to carry out such certification.The filing shall be recorded in a report…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Provisions specific to various commercial companies.

Article R221-3

…rt, or by the mayor of the municipality of the registered office or a deputy mayor, in the ordinary form and without charge.However, the minutes may be drawn up on loose-leaf sheets numbered without d…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Provisions specific to various commercial companies.

Article R223-26

…or of the municipality in which the registered office is located or a deputy mayor, in the ordinary form and free of charge. Certification of copies or extracts from the register is made in accordance…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Board of Directors and General Management.

Article R225-22

…rt, or by the mayor of the municipality of the registered office or a deputy mayor, in the ordinary form and without charge.However, the minutes may be drawn up on loose-leaf sheets numbered without d…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2 : Management and administration of sociétés anonymes.

Article R225-49

…rt, or by the mayor of the municipality of the registered office or a deputy mayor, in the ordinary form and without charge.However, the minutes may be drawn up on loose-leaf sheets numbered without d…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Negotiable debt securities.

Article D213-8

…eferred to in Article L. 213-3-2 must belong to one of the following categories:1° Companies in the form of joint stock companies or, in the case of companies whose registered office is located abroad…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: French overseas departments note-issuing bank (IEDOM)

Article D721-6

…y defined in articles L. 526-6 to L. 526-21 of the Commercial Code, the name of the EIRL, the legal form and the address at which the professional activity is carried out;2° For legal entities, their…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Title IV: The interprofessional ambulatory care company

Article R4041-3

The Articles of Association must contain the following information: 1° The surname, forename and domicile of each natural person who is a member of the company; 2° The form, object and name of the com…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Registration of homeopathic medicines.

Article R5141-64

…of the homeopathic stock or stocks, mentioning the various routes of administration, pharmaceutical forms and degrees of dilution to be registered; 2° A document describing how the stock or stocks wer…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Cases and procedure for legal separation

Article 297

A spouse against whom an application for divorce is made may make a counterclaim for legal separation. However, where the main application for divorce is based on the permanent alteration of the marri…

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