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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Employee participation on the Board of Directors and the Supervisory Board.

Article L2373-4

Where the participation of employees within the companies participating in the cross-border operation concerns at least one third of the total number of employees employed by these companies, or where…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Formation of the company and amendment of its articles.

Article R210-6

When a joint stock company is formed without a public offer, or by means of a public offer mentioned in 1° or 2° of Article L. 411-2 of the Monetary and Financial Code or Article L. 411-2-1 of the sam…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Income tax and corporation tax

Article 239

1. The companies and groupings mentioned in 3 of article 206 may opt, under conditions which are set by ministerial order, for the system applicable to capital companies. In this case, the income tax…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions common to the various partnerships formed for the joint practice of the profession

Article R814-89

The name or business name of a company shall appear in all documents and correspondence issued by the company. It is supplemented by the information provided for in 1° and 2° of article R. 123-237.In…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: BUDGET AND ACCOUNTS

Article L2311-5

The surplus from the operating section for the financial year ended, together with the previous result carried forward, is allocated in full at the earliest budgetary decision following the approval o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Public limited companies.

Article L225-124

Any share converted into a bearer share or transferred in ownership loses the double voting right allocated pursuant to articles L. 225-123 and L. 22-10-46. However, a transfer as a result of inherita…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE I: Preliminary provisions.

Article L210-11

…re appropriate subject to a fine, requiring the company's legal representative to remove the words "société à mission" from all deeds, documents or electronic media emanating from the company.

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L122-10

…ch may not give rise to any distribution. As an exception to the provisions of the first paragraph, sociétés anonymes with a sporting object may distribute their profits to shareholders if shares in t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER: Financial provisions

Article L2531-17

…inter-communal cooperation with its own tax status, the corresponding amounts are paid back to the "Société du Grand Paris" public establishment at the end of the collection period.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Hospital cooperatives of doctors

Article L6163-5

Sociétés coopératives hospitalières de médecins may allow non-member third parties to benefit from their services or to participate in carrying out operations within the scope of their objects. This o…

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