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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Appointments committees

Article L511-100

The Appointments Committee periodically and at least once a year assesses the structure, size, composition and effectiveness of the Board of Directors, the Supervisory Board or any other body exercisi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Notifications and information

Article L233-10

…entered into an agreement with a view to acquiring, disposing of or exercising voting rights, to implementing a common policy towards the company or to obtaining control of the company are deemed to b…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Operating rules

Article L327-9

The members of each of the two colleges and the mediator must complete a declaration of interests in accordance with the model in Appendix 3 of Article 2 of the Decree of 23 December 2013 on declarati…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Publication formalities.

Article R210-21

I.-The independent third-party body referred to in 4° of Article L. 210-10 is designated from among the bodies accredited for this purpose by the French Accreditation Committee defined by the décret n…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Medical professions.

Article L4441-10

For its application in New Caledonia and French Polynesia, Article L. 4124-6 reads as follows: "The disciplinary penalties that the disciplinary chamber may impose are as follows: 1° A warning ; 2° a…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 3: Transnational joint entities

Article L2113-9

Where purchasers have joined a common transnational entity, constituted in particular in the form of a European grouping for territorial cooperation, the statutes or a decision of the competent body o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Citizen Commitment Account

Article L5151-9

Voluntary or volunteer activities enabling the acquisition of rights recorded in euros and registered on the personal training account are :1° Civic service as referred to inarticle L. 120-1 of the Fr…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Operating rules

Article L327-10

I.-To carry out its duties, the Audit Committee may be assisted by rapporteurs appointed from among the members of the Council of State and the body of advisors to administrative courts and administra…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: National Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health Safety

Article L1313-10

I.-The contractual agents mentioned in article L. 1313-8 : 1° Are bound by professional secrecy and discretion under the same conditions as those defined in article 26 of title I of the general status…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L4211-9-2

By way of derogation from 1° and 4° of Article L. 4211-1 and in the context of the research referred to in the first paragraph of Article L. 1121-1, the manufacture, import, export, distribution and u…

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