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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Miscellaneous and transitional provisions

Article L1424-48

…e et de secours, the departmental fire and rescue service whose creation is provided for in Article L. 1424-1 is automatically substituted for the departmental fire and rescue service referred to in A…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 9: Information on beneficial owners

Article L561-48

…ecessary subject to a fine, any company or legal entity mentioned in the first paragraph of Article L. 561-46 to declare or have declared the information relating to the beneficial owner, or to rectif…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Cross-border partial transfer of assets

Article L236-48

…not contrary to them. Where the first paragraph is applied, the draft terms referred to in Article L. 236-6 may provide that the units or shares of the company transferring part of its assets, of the…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Provisions relating to the use of a liability management structure

Article L311-48

…ailed, it shall issue a call for tenders to designate an insurance undertaking mentioned in Article L. 310-1 likely to take over the rights and obligations arising from the trust contract of the perso…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The Board of Directors of the Executive Board.

Article L225-48

The Articles of Association must provide for an age limit for the performance of the duties of Chairman of the Board of Directors which, in the absence of an express provision, is set at sixty-five ye…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Recourse in the event of non-payment

Article L131-48

The protest must be made before the expiry of the time limit for presentation. If presentation takes place on the last day of the period, the protest may be drawn up on the next working day.

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

Article L214-48

The General Regulations of the Autorité des marchés financiers set out the conditions for the issue, subscription, transfer and redemption of units or shares issued by property investment funds.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Parental childcare leave and part-time work.

Article L1225-48

…the event of multiple births, parental leave may be extended until the children start nursery school. In the case of multiple births of at least three children or the simultaneous arrival of at least…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 2: Obligations.

Article L228-48

The mandate of representative of the general body may only be entrusted to persons who are nationals of a Member State of the European Union or domiciled in a Member State of the European Union, as we…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 9: Earmarked credit

Article L312-48

The borrower's obligations do not take effect until delivery of the goods or provision of the service.In the case of a contract of sale or provision of services with successive performance, the obliga…

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