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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Limited liability companies.

Article R223-15

All shareholders have the right, at any time, to inspect the following documents themselves at the registered office: balance sheets, profit and loss accounts, notes to the accounts, inventories, repo…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Capital increases.

Article R225-113

In the report provided for in Article L. 225-129, all relevant information on the reasons for the proposed capital increase and on the progress of the Company's business since the beginning of the cur…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Disclosure of accounts.

Article R232-19

As soon as the filing provided for in

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Disclosure of accounts.

Article R232-20

As soon as the filing provided for in

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: The local authority's budget and accounts

Article LO6261-2

Within a period of two months prior to the examination of the budget, a debate is held in the Territorial Council on the general guidelines of the budget. The draft budget is prepared and presented by…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: The local authority's budget and accounts

Article LO6361-2

Within a period of two months prior to the examination of the budget, a debate is held in the Territorial Council on the general guidelines of the budget. The draft budget is prepared and presented by…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Obligations incumbent on the person entered in the file

Article R53-8-13

The justification and declaration of a change of address provided for by Article 706-53-5 shall be made by means of any document less than three months old in the name of the person concerned establis…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
A: General rules

Article R106

The rates fixed by this title, with regard to the costs of expert appraisals, shall be applied on the basis of the residence of the experts. The costs of drafting and filing the report and, where appl…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Common provisions

Article R2122-54

Remote electronic voting and postal voting systems are subject to an independent assessment prior to their implementation. The expert is appointed by the services of the minister responsible for labou…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Simplified judicial liquidation.

Article R644-1

Where the decision on the application to the proceedings of the rules of simplified judicial liquidation, provided for in Chapter IV of Title IV of Book VI, falls within the jurisdiction of the presid…

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