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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Operation and control of the company

Article R814-165

Where several persons appointed as part of the collective proceedings hold, directly or indirectly, shares in the same company, they shall inform the court without delay.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Dissolution and liquidation of the company

Article R814-168

…etition, at the request of the liquidator, the partners or their successors, or the public prosecutor. Under no circumstances may the duties of liquidator be entrusted to a partner who has been subjec…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Dissolution and liquidation of the company

Article R814-169

…dissolution of the company shall be brought to the attention of the competent national registration and disciplinary commission and the public prosecutor. The liquidator shall send to each of them a c…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Mutual funding of employee trade unions and professional employers' organisations

Article L2135-16

The employees' trade union organisations and the employers' professional organisations receiving financing from the Joint Fund draw up a written annual report detailing the use made of the appropriati…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Negotiations on pay, working time and the sharing of added value

Article L2242-16

The negotiations provided for in Article L. 2242-15 give rise to information by the employer on the provision of employees to the trade union organisations or employers' associations mentioned in Arti…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Formation of the company

Article R814-162

Registration of the company in the Trade and Companies Register is governed by articles R. 123-31 et seq, subject to the provisions below. A copy of the declaration mentioned in article R. 814-160 is…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Formation of the company

Article R814-160

…receipt by a joint representative appointed by the partners to the competent national registration and disciplinary commission. A copy of the company's Articles of Association is attached to the decl…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Formation of the company

Article R814-161

The secretary of the competent national registration and disciplinary commission sends a copy of the declaration and the articles of association to the public prosecutor at the court of appeal within…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IIIa: Research, clinical investigations and performance studies covered by national defence secrets

Article L1123-16

…ject for the opinion of a specific committee for the protection of individuals, called the "Defence and National Security Committee for the Protection of Individuals", approved by the Prime Minister o…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV bis : The Great Customary Council of the Amerindian and Bushinenge populations

Article L7124-16

…ectly concerns the environment, the living environment or the cultural activities of the Amerindian and Bushinenge populations.The result of the self-referral is recorded in minutes. It is forwarded t…

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