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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Rights of foreign employees.

Article L8252-1

A foreign employee employed in disregard of the provisions of the first paragraph of article L. 8251-1 shall, from the date of his recruitment, be treated in the same way as an employee duly employed…

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

Article L225-18

The directors are appointed by the constituent general meeting or by the ordinary general meeting. In the case provided for in Article L. 225-16, they are appointed in the Articles of Association. The…

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

Article L225-75

The members of the supervisory board are appointed by the constituent general meeting or by the ordinary general meeting. In the case provided for in Article L. 225-16, they are appointed in the Artic…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VI: Sociétés en commandite par actions.

Article L226-2

The first managing director or managing directors are appointed by the articles of association. They carry out the incorporation formalities for which the founders of public limited companies are resp…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section IV: Group governance system.

Article L356-20

As group supervisor, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution shall supervise the systems, procedures and internal assessment of the group's risks and solvency referred to in Articles L. 3…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: General provisions

Article L3211-2

The departmental council may delegate some of its powers to the standing committee, with the exception of those referred to in articles L. 3312-1 et L. 1612-12 to L. 1612-15. It may modify the list of…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Other authorised agents

Article L511-22

I-The following are authorised to investigate and record, in the performance of their duties, infringements of the provisions of Book IV and the infringements and breaches referred to in Articles L. 5…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Information media

Article L6111-7

The information relating to training provision, defined by an order of the minister responsible for vocational training, is collected within a national information system managed by the Caisse des dép…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Provisions specific to agricultural products and foodstuffs

Article L443-4

I.-For agricultural products or food products comprising one or more agricultural products, where the indicators listed in the ninth paragraph of III of Article L. 631-24 and in Articles L. 631-24-1 e…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Information to be provided to the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution.

Article L355-4

Insurance and reinsurance undertakings shall put in place appropriate structures and systems to meet the requirements set out in Articles L. 355-1, L. 355-2 and L. 355-3. Pursuant to the provisions of…

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