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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Transparency in commercial relations.

Article D441-6

I.-For the application of article L. 441-14, companies shall present in the management report : 1° For suppliers, the number and total amount of invoices received but not paid by the end of the financ…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Changes in share capital and employee share ownership.

Article L225-209-2

The Ordinary General Meeting may authorise the Board of Directors or the Management Board, as the case may be, to purchase the company's shares, in order to offer them or allocate them: - in the year…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Negotiable debt securities.

Article D213-8

…ations thereof with share capital of which the paid-up portion is at least equal to 37,000 euros;5° Sociétés coopératives par actions with share capital of which the paid-up portion is at least equal…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Crédit maritime mutuel.

Article R512-39

Société centrale de crédit maritime mutuel may carry out any financial transactions on behalf of other maritime mutual credit institutions and provide them with its services. It centralises all surplu…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Scope of the tax

Article 207

…other cereal cooperatives under programmes drawn up by the establishment or with its authorisation.Sociétés coopératives agricoles and their unions are required to produce, at the request of the admi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Assignment and pledging of trade receivables

Article L313-29

At the request of the beneficiary of the docket, the debtor may undertake to pay the beneficiary directly: this undertaking is recorded, on pain of nullity, in a written document entitled: "Deed of ac…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Constitution and membership.

Article L1253-3

The following are also considered to be employer groups: 1° Existing cooperative societies which develop, for the exclusive benefit of their members, the activities mentioned in article L. 1253-1 ; 2°…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Single chapter.

Article L530-2-1

Uninsured persons who have made payments to a broker or brokerage company registered in the register referred to in article L. 512-1 in respect of contracts which are the subject of an apparent commit…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VIII: Transferable securities issued by joint stock companies.

Article L228-27

If the shareholder fails to pay up at the times set by the Board of Directors, the Management Board or the managers, as the case may be, the sums remaining to be paid on the amount of the shares subsc…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article L2361-2

When a European Cooperative Society mentioned in article L. 2361-1 is a Community-scale undertaking or a Community-scale group of undertakings within the meaning of article L. 2341-2, title IV of this…

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