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Showing 531540 of 62257 articles for Art. L. 111-10-4 et R. 111-45

French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Shareholders' meetings

Article L22-10-40

Where, in the cases provided for in the first paragraph of Article L. 22-10-39, the shareholder is represented by a person other than his spouse or the partner with whom he has entered into a civil so…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Capital increases

Article L22-10-49

In public limited companies whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market or a multilateral trading facility subject to the provisions of II of article L. 433-3 of the Monetary and Financ…

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

Article L22-10-4

In companies whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market, in the event of the appointment to the position of chairman, chief executive officer or deputy chief executive officer of a per…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Shareholders' meetings

Article L22-10-41

…hareholders, in any form and by any means whatsoever, to receive a proxy to represent them at the meeting of a company referred to in the first paragraph of Article L. 22-10-39, makes its voting polic…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Transmission of documents by electronic means

Article R232-41-10

…ay be transmitted electronically, under conditions defined by the Agency: 1° The designation of athletes to form the Registered Testing Pool referred to in article L. 232-15 and compliance with the wh…

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

Article R3131-10-4

…personal data processing operations, with regard to the identifying data mentioned in 1° of article R. 3131-10-2, for the sole purpose of : 1° Ensuring reliable monitoring of patients treated by emerg…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Certificate of conformity

Article R752-44-10

If the authorised project is completed or marketed in stages, a certificate is drawn up for each stage, in proportion to each completion or marketing, within the limit of the period of validity of the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Public limited companies.

Article L225-102-4

…or controlled companies that exceed the thresholds mentioned in the first paragraph are deemed to meet the obligations set out in this article once the company that controls them, within the meaning o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Provisions specific to sociétés en commandite par actions (partnerships limited by shares)

Article R22-10-40

I.-The remuneration policy referred to in I of article L. 22-10-76 includes the following information, relating to the executive manager or managers as a whole: 1° The way in which it respects the com…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Shareholders' meetings

Article L22-10-43

The owners of securities referred to in the seventh paragraph of article L. 228-1 may be represented by a registered intermediary under the conditions laid down in the said article.

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