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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Company accounts

Article L232-5

Companies that prepare consolidated accounts in accordance with articles L. 233-18 to L. 233-26 may, under the conditions set out in article L. 123-17 and notwithstanding article L. 123-18, register t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Non-voting preference shares.

Article L228-35-11

…g preference shares are not taken into account when determining the percentage provided for in Article L. 233-1 or article L. 233-2.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VIII: Injunctions to perform

Article L238-7

Any person may ask the president of the court ruling in summary proceedings to enjoin, if necessary under penalty, the board of directors, the management board, the managers, the legal representative…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Obligations to adapt and redeploy.

Article L1233-4

An employee may only be made redundant for economic reasons when all efforts to train and adapt have been made and when the person concerned cannot be redeployed to available jobs located in France in…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Classes of affected parts.

Article L626-29

The provisions of this section are applicable to companies which reach thresholds set by decree in the Conseil d'Etat. They also apply to companies which own or control another company, within the mea…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Jurisdiction specific to certain commercial courts

Article L721-8

Specifically designated commercial courts hear, where the debtor is engaged in a commercial or craft activity:1° Safeguard, receivership and compulsory liquidation proceedings referred to in Book VI,…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Investor protection

Article L763-10

I.-The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in French Polynesia, subject to the adaptations mentioned in II, in the wording indicated in the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: General rules governing general-purpose investment funds

Article L214-24-43

The management company is required to make the declarations stipulated in articles L. 225-126 and L. 233-7 of the French Commercial Code, for all shares held by the mutual funds it manages. Articles L…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Incapacity resulting from a non-occupational illness or accident.

Article L1226-2

When an employee who is the victim of a non-occupational illness or accident is declared unfit by the occupational physician, in application of article L. 4624-4, to return to the job he/she previousl…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Incapacity resulting from an accident at work or an occupational disease.

Article L1226-10

When an employee who has suffered an accident at work or has contracted an occupational disease is declared unfit by the occupational physician, in application of article L. 4624-4, to return to the j…

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