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Showing 25412550 of 38025 articles for Art. L. 145-16

French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: The Management Board and the Supervisory Board.

Article L225-67

…rm of office as managing director may be held in a controlled company within the meaning of Article L. 233-16 by the company of which that person is a member of the management board or sole managing d…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: General provisions

Article L613-50

…cular those of depositors covered by the guarantee instituted in application of 1° of II of article L. 312-4 and investors covered by the guarantee instituted in application of 3° of II of article L.…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Accounting obligations applicable to certain traders.

Article L123-28-1

By way of derogation from Articles L. 123-12 to L. 123-23, the natural persons mentioned in the second paragraph of article L. 123-16-1 may not draw up a balance sheet and profit and loss account if t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Other powers

Article L621-20-1

…reports and documents relating thereto. Subject to the provisions of the third paragraph of Article L. 632-16, the public prosecutor may obtain from the AMF disclosure of all information held by the A…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Cemeteries and funeral operations

Article L2573-25

…e table, subject to the adaptations provided for in II to VI. APPLICABLE PROVISIONS IN THE FORM OF: L. 2223-1 law no. 2016-1658 of 5 December 2016 L. 2223-2 law no. 96-142 of 21 February 1996 4° of Ar…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Definition of the economic reason.

Article L1233-3

…b or the modification of an essential element of the employment contract is assessed at company level.Economic difficulties, technological change or the need to safeguard the competitiveness of the co…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Projects subject to authorisation.

Article L752-4

…for projects that result in the artificial development of land within the meaning of V of article L. 752-6, in all communes, the mayor or the president of the public establishment for inter-communal…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Limited liability companies.

Article L223-27

…tion may stipulate that, with the exception of those provided for in the first paragraph of Article L. 223-26 All or some of the decisions may be taken by written consultation of the members or may re…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Chiropodists.

Article L4322-2

…sociation, in accordance with conditions laid down by decree. The decisions referred to in articles L. 4311-16 and L. 4311-18 are taken by the Regional Council of the Association of Chiropodists under…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 5: Financial provisions

Article L5216-8

…competence of organising authority for the public distribution of electricity mentioned in article L. 2224-31, provided that this competence is not already exercised by an authority mentioned in Arti…

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