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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VIII: Transferable securities issued by joint stock companies.

Article L228-3-1

I.-When the issuing company or the third party appointed by it believes that certain holders whose identity has been disclosed to them are acting on behalf of third parties who own the securities, the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VIII: Transferable securities issued by joint stock companies.

Article L228-3-4

Any person employed by one of the persons referred to in articles L. 228-2 to L. 228-3-1 or participating in any capacity whatsoever in its direction or management and having, in the course of its pro…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VIII: Transferable securities issued by joint stock companies.

Article L228-3-5

Any contractual stipulation whose purpose or effect is to limit the disclosure of information pursuant to articles L. 228-2 to L. 228-3-1 is deemed unwritten.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article L2224-7-3

In the light of the territorial diagnosis drawn up in application of article L. 2224-7-2, the municipalities or their public cooperation establishments proceed to: 1° Identifying and assessing the pos…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions.

Article L1235-3-2

When the employment contract is terminated by the court to the detriment of the employer or at the request of the employee under the procedure referred to inArticle L. 1451-1, the amount of compensati…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L310-3-2

Undertakings not covered by the Solvency II regime are : 1° Undertakings referred to in Article L. 310-1 or in the first paragraph of Article L. 321-10-3 which are not Solvency II undertakings within…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Definitions and scope of application

Article L224-26-3

This section shall not apply to micro-enterprises providing non-dial-based interpersonal communications services, unless they also provide other electronic communications services. Prior to the conclu…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Performance of the contract

Article L224-37-1

A contract giving access to the Internet or to a voice communications service may be terminated, in advance, by a consumer who has made an application for treatment of over-indebtedness deemed admissi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Recruitment, transfer and dismissal.

Article L1225-3-1

Articles L. 1225-1, L. 1225-2 and L. 1225-3 are applicable to employees receiving medically assisted procreation in accordance with Article L. 2141-2 of the Public Health Code.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Powers of the overseas regions in relation to economic development and regional planning

Article L4433-24-3

A decree in the Conseil d'Etat shall determine the conditions of application of this sub-section.

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