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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 5: Takeover bid

Article L2312-52

Articles L. 2312-45 to L. 2312-51 of this Code do not apply to the offers referred to in Articles L. 225-207 and L. 22-10-62 of the French Commercial Code or when the company is the subject of a publi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Special provisions for securitisation funds

Article L214-185

…nager or the management board of the management company appoints the fund's auditor. The auditor shall report any irregularities or inaccuracies that he detects in the performance of his duties to the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Unavailability of sums, early release and liquidation.

Article L3332-25

Except in the cases listed in the Conseil d'Etat decree provided for in article L. 3324-10, shares or units acquired on behalf of employees and former employees are delivered to them at the end of a m…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Shareholders' meetings

Article L22-10-35

In companies whose securities are admitted to trading on a regulated market, the management report presented by the Board of Directors or the Management Board to the Ordinary General Meeting referred…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: General partnerships.

Article L221-7

The management report, the inventory and the annual accounts drawn up by the managers are submitted to the shareholders' meeting for approval, within six months of the end of the said financial year.T…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L228-94

…société par actions may issue securities giving access to existing equity securities or giving entitlement to the allotment of debt securities of another company of which it does not directly or indir…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Adoption leave.

Article L1225-46

Any employee holding the approval mentioned in articles L. 225-2 and L. 225-17 of the French Social Action and Family Code is entitled to unpaid international and extra-metropolitan adoption leave whe…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Shareholders' meetings

Article L22-10-36

The provisions of Article L. 225-102-1, relating to the extra-financial performance declaration and the consolidated extra-financial performance declaration, are applicable to companies whose securiti…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: PUBLIC SERVICE CONTRACTS

Article L1411-18

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Book III: Companies.

Article L300-2

I.-The following are applicable in the territories of Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon: 1° The delegated acts provided for in Articles 17, 31, 35, 37, 50, 56, 75, 86, 92, 97, 99, 109a, 11…

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