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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter V: Consolidated and combined financial statements

Article R345-1-2

…ombined accounts. However, notwithstanding the provisions of the previous paragraph, when an entity forming part of a group of entities as defined in Article R. 345-1-1 is included by full consolidati…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Groupements de coopération sanitaire.

Article L6133-2

…e to the provisions of article L. 6147-14, a Groupement de Coopération Sanitaire de Moyennes may be formed by public or private health establishments, medico-social establishments mentioned in article…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Information on public water supplies

Article D1321-104

Except in an emergency situation where all measures are taken to inform users as quickly as possible by appropriate means, the mayor will display in the town hall, within two working days of receiving…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Decisions that may be challenged and conditions of appeal

Article 571

The court clerk shall notify the president of the court or the first president of the court of appeal of the filing of the application. The judgment or ruling is not enforceable and no decision may be…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Powers

Article L621-9-2

…statutory auditors of companies whose financial securities are admitted to trading on a trading platform, or for which an application for admission to trading on such platforms has been submitted, or…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Career development advice

Article L6111-6

…rvice mentioned in article L. 6111-3. The career development counselling operator assists people in formalising and implementing their career development plans, in line with existing and foreseeable e…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Sub-committees

Article R2272-10

…issues dealt with concern only the agricultural professions, the sub-committee meets in a specific formation; 2° The Salaries Sub-Committee with regard to, on the one hand, 6° and 8° of Article L. 22…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: General partnerships.

Article L221-9

The shareholders may appoint one or more statutory auditors in the forms provided for in Article L. 221-6.At least companies that exceed, at the close of the financial year, figures set by decree for…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The Board of Directors of the Executive Board.

Article L225-43

…directors other than legal entities are prohibited from contracting loans from the company in any form whatsoever, from being granted an overdraft by the company, whether on a current account or oth…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: The Management Board and the Supervisory Board.

Article L225-91

…embers of the Supervisory Board, other than legal entities, are prohibited from contracting, in any form whatsoever, loans with the company, from being granted an overdraft by it, on a current account…

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