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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Non-voting preference shares.

Article L228-35-4

…l year. The priority dividend may not be less than either the first dividend referred to in Article L. 232-16 or an amount equal to 7.5% of the paid-up capital represented by non-voting preference sha…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Provisions relating to investment firms

Article L531-4

…credit institutions, which are authorised to provide the investment services referred to in Article L. 321-1 on a regular professional basis. The investment firms defined in the previous paragraph may…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V : Tax revenue equalisation

Article L3335-4

…he Ile-de-France region and the per capita financial potential of the department defined in article L. 3334-6. The population taken into account is that defined in article L. 3334-2;2° Ratio between t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter V: Criminal provisions.

Article L6355-4

Failure to declare the cessation of activity, in breach of the provisions of article L. 6351-5, is punishable by a fine of 4,500 euros.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Provisions applicable to the search for and referencing of plastic, graphic or photographic works of art

Article L136-4

…m exploitation or, failing that, assessed on a flat-rate basis in the cases provided for in Article L. 131-4. The scale and terms of payment of this remuneration are set by means of an agreement betwe…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Rights of press publishers and press agencies

Article L218-4

…or, failing that, assessed on a flat-rate basis, in particular in the cases provided for in Article L. 131-4. Fixing the amount of this remuneration takes into account factors such as the human, mater…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L310-4

For the operations referred to in 2° and 3° of Article L. 310-1, the State in which the risk is situated is considered to be :1° The State in which the property is located, when the insurance relates…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Criminal penalties

Article L6242-4

For the offence referred to in Article L. 6242-2, natural persons are also liable to the following additional penalties: 1° Display or dissemination of the decision handed down, in accordance with the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 8: Relations with the statutory auditors

Article L612-44

…ce of their duties. It may ask them to provide the additional report provided for in III of article L. 823-16 of the French Commercial Code.The information thus transmitted is covered by the rule of p…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Protection and promotion of maternal and child health.

Article L2421-4

I.-For the application of article L. 2141-10 in Wallis and Futuna, in the first paragraph, the words: "The team calls upon, as necessary, a professional registered on the list mentioned in the second…

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