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Showing 501510 of 52621 articles for Art. L 145-17 · Cass. 3e civ. 22 February 1968 · CA Paris 13 February 2008 · Cass. 3e civ. 24 June 1998 · Cass. 3e civ. 7 March 1969

French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Stock options.

Article L225-179

The Extraordinary General Meeting may also authorise the Board of Directors or the Management Board, as the case may be, to grant to some or all of the company's salaried employees, options giving ent…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 7: Functioning of the groups of elected representatives.

Article L3121-24-1

When the department publishes, in any form whatsoever, a general information bulletin on the achievements and management of the departmental council , space is reserved for the expression of the elect…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Master and feeder UCITS

Article L214-22

I. - The articles of association or fund rules of a feeder UCITS stipulate that at least 85% of its assets must be invested in shares or units of a single master UCITS or sub-fund thereof. A feeder UC…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Approvals and changes to shareholdings

Article L612-22

When a merger directly or indirectly involving a person subject to the supervision of the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution is the subject of an in-depth review pursuant to the last par…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Financial provisions.

Article L5212-24

Where there is an inter-municipal syndicate exercising the competence of organising authority for the public distribution of electricity mentioned in article L. 2224-31, the communal share, provided f…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Categories of revenue

Article L2564-22

I.-The articles L. 2331-5 to L. 2331-10 are applicable in Mayotte from 1 January 2014. II.-Until 31 December 2013, revenue from the investment section of the budget of the communes of Mayotte includes…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Custodian

Article L214-24-9

The custodian may not delegate to third parties the functions conferred upon it by I and III of article L. 214-24-8.The custodian may delegate asset safekeeping functions to third parties under the co…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4a: Compensation for victims of benfluorex

Article L1142-24-5

If it finds that there is a functional deficit attributable to benfluorex, the College of Experts will issue an opinion on the circumstances, causes, nature and extent of the damage and on the liabili…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter V: Criminal provisions.

Article L6355-24

Any person shall be liable to five years' imprisonment and a fine of €37,500 if : 1° In their capacity as an employer, self-employed person, member of the liberal professions or self-employed person,…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Allowance for self-employed workers

Article L5424-24

For the purposes of this section, the persons referred to inArticle L. 611-1 of the Social Security Code, Articles L. 722-1 and L. 731-23 of the Rural and Maritime Fishing Code, 4° to 6°, 11°, 12°, 23…

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