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Showing 101110 of 70754 articles for Art. L 225-209-2 · Arts. R 225-160-1 to R 225-160-3

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter V: French sub-account of the pan-European individual retirement savings product

Article R225-3

In order to implement the transfer of rights referred to in the second paragraph of article L. 225-3, the manager of the retirement savings plan has two months in which to send the provider of the Fre…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter Ia: Turnover taxes and similar miscellaneous taxes

Article 1609 duotricies

Les prélèvements mentionnés aux articles 1609 novovicies et 1609 tricies are collected and controlled according to the same procedures and subject to the same penalties, guarantees, securities and pri…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: The Management Board and the Supervisory Board.

Article R225-60-2

The provisions of articles R. 225-34-2 to R. 225-34-6 are applicable to members representing employees and members representing employee shareholders on the supervisory board. For the application of t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Directors elected or appointed by employees

Article R225-34-4

The time devoted to training directors elected by the general meeting of shareholders pursuant to Article L. 225-23 and directors elected by employees or appointed pursuant to Article L. 225-27-1 is d…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 6 : Conversion of sociétés anonymes.

Article L225-245-1

In the event of the conversion of a société anonyme into a société européenne, the first paragraph of Article L. 225-244 does not apply. The company draws up plans to convert the company into a sociét…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Allocations of free shares.

Article L225-197-2

I.-Shares may be allocated, under the same conditions as those mentioned in Article L. 225-197-1 :

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 5: Subscription, purchase or pledge by companies of their own shares.

Article L225-211

Records of purchases and sales made pursuant to articles L. 225-208, L. 22-10-62, L. 225-209-2, L. 228-12 and L. 228-12-1 must be kept, under the conditions laid down by decree in the Conseil d'Etat,…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter V: French sub-account of the pan-European individual retirement savings product

Article R225-2

Articles D. 224-4 and D. 224-5, article R. 224-13 for sub-accounts opened in the form of a securities account and articles R. 224-14 to R. 224-17 for sub-accounts opened in the form of a group insuran…

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

Article L225-27-1

I. - In companies which employ, at the close of two consecutive financial years, at least one thousand permanent employees in the company and its direct or indirect subsidiaries whose registered offic…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article R225-26

As soon as they are appointed, the persons appointed as directors are entitled to choose one of the methods of exercising general management provided for in article L. 225-51-1 and to appoint the Chai…

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