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Showing 24312440 of 62257 articles for Art. L. 111-10-4 et R. 111-45

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Budgets and accounts

Article L5217-10-11

The surplus from the operating section for the financial year just ended, together with the previous result carried forward, is allocated in full at the earliest budgetary decision following the vote…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Agreement

Article R5132-10-7

…hired; c) The arrangements for supporting employees in work integration schemes and for working together with, on the one hand, Pôle emploi and, on the other hand, the organisations responsible for t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER (R).

Article R2151-4

…ions of this code relating to the operation of the municipal council and the provisions of articles L. 2121-2, L. 2121-22, L. 2122-7-1, L. 2122-7-2, L. 2122-9 and L. 2122-10 of this code is that of th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: "ORSAN" system

Article R3131-10-2

…° Concerning persons taken into care following an event mentioned in the first paragraph of article R. 3131-10-1 for consultation or hospitalisation in a health establishment or by professionals from…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Capital increases

Article R22-10-31

In companies whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market, the report of the Board of Directors or the Management Board referred to in Article R. 225-114 shall indicate, in addition to t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Reduction of capital

Article R22-10-38

The additional insertion of the purchase notice in the Bulletin des annonces légales obligatoires, provided for by Article R. 225-153, is applicable when the company's shares are admitted to trading o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Capital increases

Article R22-10-36

The additional insertion in a notice published in the Bulletin des annonces légales obligatoires of the notice by which the Board of Directors, or the Management Board, suspends the possibility of obt…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Capital increases

Article R22-10-34

In companies whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market, the waiver of preferential subscription rights provided for in Article R. 225-122 may not be made in favour of named beneficiar…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Capital increases

Article R22-10-33

The additional publication in a notice published in the Bulletin des annonces légales obligatoires of the notice informing shareholders of an issue of new shares or of securities giving access to the…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4°: Deferred salary employment contract

Article 1037

Subject to the provisions of article 1020, the payment of deferred wages or the allotment made to the creditor to fulfil his rights of claim shall not give rise to the collection of any registration d…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
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