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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Public limited companies.

Article L225-254

Liability actions against directors or the managing director, both corporate and individual, shall be barred after three years, starting from the harmful event or, if it was concealed, from its revela…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Commercial authorisation.

Article L752-25

All contracts worth more than a threshold defined by decree, entered into by public or private persons in connection with the implementation of a project covered by this Title and within a period of t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Public limited companies.

Article L225-259

If the company uses the option of issuing worker shares, this circumstance must be mentioned on all its deeds and documents intended for third parties by the addition of the words "à participation ouv…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Special provisions applicable to studies of the performance of devices referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/746 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017

Article L1126-24

Notwithstanding article 13 of the law of 16 and 24 August 1790 on the organisation of the judiciary, the judicial court has sole jurisdiction to rule on any action for compensation for damage resultin…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Premises

Article L2315-25

The employer provides the social and economic committee with suitable premises and the equipment it needs to carry out its duties.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Responsibilities

Article L2512-25

The revenue and expenditure, including capital expenditure, of the departments of the Police Prefecture whose activity is primarily related to the exercise of active policing, are entered in the State…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Grants and other revenue allocated by the Local Finance Committee

Article L2334-25

The Local Finance Committee apportions the revenue defined in the previous article between the municipalities and public establishments that meet the conditions set by a decree in the Conseil d'Etat.…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Responsibilities

Article L2122-25

The mayor appoints members of the town council to sit on outside bodies in the cases and under the conditions provided for by the provisions of this code and the texts governing these bodies. The fixi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Operation

Article LO6431-25

The Territorial Council, when one sixth of its members so request, shall deliberate on the creation of a mission of information and evaluation tasked with gathering information on a matter of interest…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 13: Discounts or reductions cancelling out the effect of registration tax on carbon dioxide emissions from passenger cars

Article L121-24

Any form of advertising or communication offering a discount or reduction that cancels out or reduces for the end consumer the effect of the tax on carbon dioxide emissions from passenger cars provide…

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