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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Governance of investment firms

Article R533-18

I. - The rules limiting the number of directorships provided for in II to IV of article L. 533-26 apply within an investment firm that meets one of the following conditions:1° The balance sheet total,…

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

Article L227-2-1

…action for nullity shall not be admissible where all the shareholders were present or represented. II. - Where the purpose of the company making the offer is to hold and manage equity interests in an…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article R324-2

I.-When a municipality has implemented the registration procedure mentioned in III of article L. 324-1-1, this municipality may send a maximum of one request for information per calendar year to the p…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter III: Immunities, safeguards and obligations of customs officials.

Article 59 ter

…of these tasks or for better use of public expenditure devoted to the development of foreign trade. II. This information may only be communicated to civil servants of the grade of civil administrator…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Guarantees granted to holders of offices in the Martinique Assembly and the Executive Council

Article R7227-6

…g time defined in article R. 7227-7 of this code. In the case of a civil servant governed by titles II, III or IV of the general civil service regulations or a non-tenured employee of the State, a loc…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Elections

Article R4122-2

When it decides to delegate the examination of the hierarchical appeals referred to in II of article L. 4124-11 to a restricted formation, the National Council shall elect the members of this formatio…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution

Article R612-25

…o person may carry out an inspection if he has been convicted of any of the offences referred to in II of Article L. 500-1 of this Code.Before entrusting an assignment to one of the persons mentioned…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Procedure for authorising the import and export of elements or products of the human body mentioned in Article R. 1245-1 for therapeutic purposes, as provided for in the first and third paragraphs of II of Article L. 1245-5.

Article R1245-5

…cation for an import authorisation for therapeutic purposes, provided for in the first paragraph of II of Article L. 1245-5, is sent by the legal entities or natural persons mentioned in the same para…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Special provisions relating to the digital exploitation of unavailable books

Article L134-4

…me paragraph.Note of this opposition is made in the database mentioned in the same article L. 134-2.II. - The publisher who has notified his opposition under the conditions provided for in the first p…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V : Value added tax compensation fund

Article L1615-1

…inance, relations with local authorities and digital paid by local authorities from 1 January 2021. II.-Allocations from the Value Added Tax Compensation Fund are determined as part of an automated pr…

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