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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Limited liability companies.

Article L223-35

The members may appoint one or more statutory auditors under the conditions provided for in Article L. 223-29.At least limited liability companies that exceed, at the close of a financial year, figure…

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

Article L225-88

…ed to inform the Supervisory Board as soon as he/she becomes aware of an agreement to which Article L. 225-86 is applicable. If it sits on the Supervisory Board, it may not take part in the deliberati…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Transparency and disclosure requirements

Article L326-6

…the supervisory body, the Minister responsible for culture, the commission referred to in article L. 327-1 and, where the organisation has one, to the board of directors and the works council. This…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope and definitions

Article L222-3

…he same nature, spread over time, are performed between the same parties, the provisions of article L. 222-5 only apply to the first transaction. However, when no transaction of the same nature is car…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 3: Commercial guarantee

Article L217-23

…ourable conditions than those described in the first paragraph. The requirements set out in Article L. 217-22 are applicable to the commercial guarantee of durability.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Advertising

Article L312-7

…s to guarantee repayment of the credit, any advertising mentioned in the first paragraph of Article L. 312-6 distributed on its behalf on these contracts mentions the cost of the insurance, using the…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter III: STAYS OF MORE THAN THREE MONTHS

Article L233-4

…stipulates otherwise. If they wish to work in France, in compliance with the provisions of article L. 5221-2 du code du travail, a salaried activity in a profession characterised by recruitment diffi…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Personalised pathway and republican integration contract

Article L413-2

…ly and professionally and gains access to independence.Subject to the exceptions set out in article L. 413-5, foreign nationals who sign up to the personalised republican integration programme enter i…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Foreign nationals who are victims of trafficking in human beings or procuring, or who are involved in a programme to help them leave prostitution

Article L425-1

…e", provided that he or she has severed all ties with this person. The condition set out in article L. 412-1 does not apply. It is renewed for the duration of the criminal proceedings, provided that t…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Submission of applications

Article L431-2

…t, subject to new circumstances, in particular for health reasons, and without prejudice to article L. 611-3, they may not, on expiry of this period, apply for admission to residence.The conditions fo…

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