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Showing 56915700 of 65573 articles for Art. L 242-1 · Cass. 2e civ. 4 February 2010 · Cass. 2e civ. 1 July 2010

French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Obligations and financial solidarity of the principal.

Article L8232-1

When a company manager concludes a contract for the performance of work or the supply of services with a contractor who recruits the necessary labour himself and the latter is not the owner of a busin…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Capital increases

Article L22-10-51

In companies whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market, the General Meeting may provide that the capital increase that it decides or authorises pursuant to article L. 225-135 includes…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Capital increases

Article L22-10-50

When, as part of a capital increase, the securities referred to in the first paragraph of Article L. 225-130 are admitted to trading on a regulated market or to the operations of a central depository,…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Capital increases

Article L22-10-53

The Extraordinary General Meeting of a company whose securities are admitted to trading on a regulated market may delegate, for a maximum period of twenty-six months, to the Board of Directors or the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Capital increases

Article L22-10-54

The provisions of articles L. 225-147 and L. 22-10-53 are not applicable in the event that a company whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market carries out a capital increase as consid…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Capital increases

Article L22-10-55

The reports and formalities referred to in articles L. 22-10-52, L. 22-10-53 and in the second paragraph of article L. 22-10-54 may give rise to an injunction in accordance with the procedures defined…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Capital increases

Article L22-10-52

As an exception to the second paragraph of article L. 225-136, for companies whose equity securities are admitted to trading on a regulated market and insofar as the equity securities to be issued imm…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L4211-1

The following are reserved for pharmacists, with the exception of the derogations provided for in the articles of this Code: 1° The preparation of medicinal products intended for use in human medicine…

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

Article L214-24-42

The fund is represented vis-à-vis third parties by the company responsible for its management. This company may take legal action to defend or assert the rights or interests of unitholders.

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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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