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

Article L228-35-10

The Articles of Association may give the Company the option of requiring the repurchase either of all its own non-voting preference shares, or of certain classes of them, each class being determined b…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Medical professions.

Article L4421-1-3

1° Pour l'application à Wallis-et-Futuna des articles L. 4131-2 et L. 4131-2-1:a) Les références au représentant de l'Etat dans le département et au conseil départemental de l'ordre des médecins sont…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Costs of proceedings.

Article L663-3-1

The remuneration of the agent appointed to assist the judge appointed pursuant to Article L. 645-4 is deducted from the sums allocated to the fund mentioned in Article L. 663-3. The conditions for the…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Common provisions.

Article L322-3-1

Within insurance and reinsurance undertakings, with the exception of those referred to in article L. 322-3, the committee referred to in article L. 823-19 of the Commercial Code also monitors risk man…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions and procedures for authorisation of investment service providers other than portfolio management companies

Article L532-3-1

…conditions to which the authorisation granted to an investment service provider other than a portfolio management company providing one or more investment services was subject must be subject to prio…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Discipline of commercial court judges.

Article L724-3-1

The disciplinary sanctions applicable to commercial court judges are:1° A reprimand;2° A ban on being appointed to single-judge functions for a maximum of five years;3° Disqualification accompanied by…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE V: Powers of investigation.

Article L450-3-1

When investigating or ascertaining an infringement or failure to comply with this book, the officers mentioned in Article L. 450-1 are authorised to identify the person they are controlling. If the pe…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L2111-3-1

In the context of the childcare facilities for young children mentioned in I of article L. 214-1-1 of the Code de l'action sociale et des familles, the professionals taking care of the children may ad…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Expiry of the contract term.

Article L1251-33-1

When, at the end of an assignment, the user company offers the employee a permanent contract for the same or a similar job, without changing the place of work, it will notify the employee of this offe…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rights of persons under psychiatric care.

Article L3211-12-3

If an appeal has been lodged on the basis of article L. 3211-12-1, the liberty and custody judge hearing the case may make the same decision in accordance with the procedure laid down in the same arti…

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