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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Disclosure of accounts

Article L232-23

I. - Every joint-stock company is required to file with the court registry, to be appended to the register of commerce and companies, within one month of the approval of the annual accounts by the gen…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Profits

Article L232-11

…ions are made. However, dividends are deducted in priority from the distributable profit for the year. Except in the case of a capital reduction, no distribution may be made to shareholders when share…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Documents specific to publicly traded companies

Article L232-7

Companies whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market shall append to their annual accounts a table relating to the allocation and appropriation of distributable sums to be proposed to…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Company accounts

Article L232-2

In commercial companies that meet one of the criteria defined by decree in the Conseil d'Etat and drawn from the number of employees or turnover, possibly taking into account the nature of the busines…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Profits

Article L232-13

…er, dividends must be paid within a maximum period of nine months after the end of the financial year. This period may be extended by court order.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Disclosure of accounts

Article L232-22

I. - Every limited liability company is required to file with the court registry, for inclusion in the register of commerce and companies, within one month of the approval of the annual accounts by th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article D232

When visiting prisons, the magistrates mentioned in articles D. 131-2, D. 131-3 and D. 131-4 of the Penitentiary Code have access to detention and, where appropriate, interview detainees, under the co…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Company accounts

Article A232-2

…hange rate published in the Official Journal of the European Union at the close of the financial year.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: National identification system and register of companies and their establishments.

Article R123-232

…body mentioned in the same article.The information contained in the register and listed in articles R. 123-222 and R. 123-223 shall be communicated, at their request, to the registrars of the commerci…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Duties of dental surgeons towards patients.

Article R4127-232

…end. The dental surgeon may only exercise this right in compliance with the rule set out in article R. 4127-211.

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