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

Article L22-10-14

…located to directors as remuneration for their activity, pursuant to the first paragraph of Article L. 225-45, is determined in accordance with the conditions set out in article L. 22-10-8.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter Ia: Withholding

Article L521-17

During the withholding period referred to in Article L. 521-14 and the second paragraph of I of l'article L. 521-16, the owner of the registered design or the beneficiary of the exclusive exploitation…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Regime for members of a regulated market

Article L421-17

…or admission of members based on objective criteria. Without prejudice to the provisions of Article L. 531-10, regulated markets may admit as members, in addition to investment firms and credit instit…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Financial penalties imposed by the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé (French National Agency for the Safety of Medicines and Health Products)

Article L5471-1

…e santé may impose a financial penalty on the perpetrator of a breach of the provisions of articles L. 5421-8 , L. 5422-18 , L. 5423-8 , L. 5423-9, L. 5426-2 , L. 5438-1 , L. 5461-9 and L. 5462-8 , ex…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Composition and management of the plan.

Article L3332-17-1

…iations; 4° Workshops and integration sites; 5° Social integration organisations covered by article L. 121-2 of the Code de l'Action Sociale et des Familles; 6° Child welfare services; 7° Accommodatio…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Expenditure

Article L5217-12-1

…ervices and metropolitan hygiene and health services under the conditions provided for by l'article L. 1422-1 of the public health code if the metropolitan authority exercises this competence; 11° The…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Rates for local tax on outdoor advertising

Article L2333-12

At the end of the transitional period provided for in C of article L. 2333-16, the maximum rates and the rates applied are increased each year in a proportion equal to the growth rate of the consumer…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Judgment of compulsory liquidation.

Article L641-11

The official receiver exercises the powers vested in him by articles L. 621-9, and L. 623-2 and by the fourth paragraph of article L. 622-16. It sets the remuneration relating to the duties performed…

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

Article L4425-19

The certified accounts of the bodies mentioned in 4° of Article L. 4425-18 are transmitted to the Corsican regional authority. They are communicated by the Corsican regional authority to the elected m…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Special provisions for medical biology laboratories under the authority of the Minister of Defence

Article L6214-1

The provisions of Articles L. 6211-14 to L. 6211-16 do not apply to samples taken within the armed forces health service when the analytical phase of the medical biology examination is carried out in…

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