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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Status of statutory auditors.

Article L822-17

Statutory auditors are liable, both to the person or entity and to third parties, for the harmful consequences of faults and negligence committed by them in the performance of their duties. Their liab…

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

Article L225-17

A société anonyme is managed by a Board of Directors consisting of at least three members. The Articles of Association set the maximum number of board members, which may not exceed eighteen. The Board…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 3: Approval of cinemas

Article L212-17

The conditions for issuing and withdrawing approval are set by decree in the Conseil d'Etat.In particular, this approval is subject to compliance with technical specifications which the decree may ent…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VII: Simplified joint stock companies.

Article L227-17

The Articles of Association may provide that a member company whose control is modified within the meaning of Article L. 233-3 must inform the société par actions simplifiée of the change. The latter…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Departmental councils.

Article L4123-17

The procedures for the election and operation of the territorial council of the Ordre des Médecins, des chirurgiens-dentistes and des sages-femmes of Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, as well as its powers an…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Prudential provisions

Article L522-17

…vice users or through another payment service provider for the execution of payment transactions shall be protected in accordance with one of the following two methods, this choice being left to the d…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Operating conditions

Article L5125-17

An on-call service is organised to meet the needs of the public outside the normal opening hours of pharmacies in a given area. An emergency service is organised to respond to urgent requests outside…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Mutual funding of employee trade unions and professional employers' organisations

Article L2135-17

Bodies that are managed by a majority of employees' trade union organisations and employers' professional organisations that appear on the list referred to in 2° of I of article L. 2135-10 and whose B…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 4: Deliberations.

Article L3121-17

Any person has the right to request communication of the deliberations and minutes of the public meetings of the departmental council, the deliberations of the permanent committee, the budgets and acc…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Relationship between the payment service provider and the payment service user

Article L133-17

I. - When the Payment Service User becomes aware of the loss, theft, misappropriation or any unauthorised use of his payment instrument or the data linked to it, he shall inform his payment service pr…

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