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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 5: Control

Article L22-10-66

For application of article L. 225-228, when the company's shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market, the Board of Directors shall choose the statutory auditors it intends to propose, withou…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Constitution

Article R22-10-11

The constituent general meeting is convened at the place indicated in the notice provided for in article R. 22-10-3. The notice of meeting shall state the company name and form, the intended address o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: The Board of Directors and General Management

Article L22-10-7

…rs representing employees on the board of directors provided for in the second paragraph of article L. 225-27-1 is applicable to companies whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market on…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions applicable to insurance undertakings.

Article R310-10-1

For the purposes of Titles I to V, the undertakings referred to in Article L. 310-10-1 are treated in the same way as undertakings having their registered office in a non-Community State which is a pa…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Operation and control of the company

Article R5125-24-10

Non-compliance with the provisions governing the formation and operation of sociétés de participations financières de profession libérale de pharmaciens d'officine by pharmacists who are members of su…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter X: Information for employees in the event of the sale of their company

Article L23-10-9

…make the date of its receipt by the employees certain. When information is provided by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, the date of receipt of the information is the date of first p…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter X: Information for employees in the event of the sale of their company

Article L23-10-3

…make the date of its receipt by the employees certain. When information is provided by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, the date of receipt of the information is the date of first p…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Public information.

Article R513-10-15

…or in the previous article shall submit a request by post to the address mentioned in 6° of article R. 513-10-5 or by fax or electronically to the contact details mentioned in 9° of the same article,…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Civil CodeIn force
Section 4: Universal legacies.

Article 1003

A universal legacy is a testamentary disposition by which the testator gives to one or more persons the universality of the property that he will leave at his death.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 4: Universal legacies.

Article 1006

Where at the death of the testator there are no heirs to whom a share of his property is reserved by law, the universal legatee shall be seised ipso jure by the death of the testator, without being ob…

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