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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Operation.

Article L2353-13

The European Company Committee has legal personality. It is chaired by the manager of the European Company. The committee appoints a secretary. It elects a bureau of three members when it comprises at…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Bills of exchange

Article L511-13

Where the endorsement contains the words "valeur en recouvrement", "pour encaissement", "par procuration", or any other wording implying a simple mandate, the bearer may exercise all the rights derivi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE III: Provisions common to the various commercial companies.

Article L235-13

An action for liability based on the annulment of the company or of the acts and deliberations subsequent to its incorporation shall be barred after three years from the date on which the annulment de…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Cancer centres.

Article L6162-13

Decrees shall determine, as necessary, the conditions of application of this chapter as well as the adaptations or derogations necessary to the conditions relating to the operation of the Institut Gus…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General rules.

Article L326-13

After publication in the Journal officiel of the decision of the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution resulting in the dissolution of an undertaking referred to in 1° and in the last parag…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Provisions specific to various commercial companies.

Article L226-13

The members of the supervisory board do not incur any liability, due to the acts of the management and their result. They may be declared civilly liable for offences committed by the managers if, havi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Provisions specific to various commercial companies.

Article L227-13

The company's Articles of Association may provide for the inalienability of shares for a period not exceeding ten years.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Realisation of assets.

Article L642-13

By the judgment adopting the sale plan, the court may authorise the conclusion of a management lease, even in the presence of any clause to the contrary, in particular in the lease of the property, in…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Retail distribution.

Article L5424-13

Failure by a pharmacist to practise his profession personally is punishable by a fine of €75,000.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Provisions applicable to European Cooperative Societies not initially subject to the formation of the Special Negotiating Body

Article L2363-13

If, after registration of a European Cooperative Society, at least one third of the employees of the European Cooperative Society and of its subsidiaries and establishments, employed in at least two M…

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