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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R6145-80

I.-The director general of the university hospital centre represents the institution on the supervisory boards of its subsidiaries and on the supervisory boards or, failing that, on the administrative…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Procedure for marketing AIFs in an EU Member State other than France

Article L214-24-2

I. - Any French portfolio management company or any asset manager established in a third country whose reference Member State is France, which proposes to market, with a passport, to professional clie…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2nd Subsection: Overall income

Article 160 A

I. When a company has offered its employees stock options under the conditions defined in Articles L. 225-177 to L. 225-184 of the French Commercial Code or where one or more shareholders or unit hold…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Specialised professional funds

Article L214-154

A specialised professional fund takes the form of a SICAV, a fonds commun de placement or a société en commandite simple. Depending on the case, it is called a "specialised professional investment com…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Intervention procedures

Article L1523-7

Local authorities and their groupings may grant semi-public companies subsidies or advances intended for programmes of general interest linked to the economic promotion of the territory or the managem…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Common provisions

Article L214-57

Under the conditions specified by the general regulations of the Autorité des marchés financiers, each external valuer is appointed by the open-ended real estate investment company or the fund managem…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions applicable after registration of the company resulting from the cross-border transaction

Article L2374-1

When a company resulting from a cross-border merger is registered, the agreement referred to in Article L. 2372-6 or a collective agreement concluded at the appropriate level may decide to abolish or…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: The general meeting of mutual insurance companies

Article R322-66-1

The decision to affiliate to an insurance group company or to terminate such affiliation is taken at the general meeting of each mutual insurance company, which rules under the conditions laid down in…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Cross-border transactions

Article L236-41

Provided that he has not had or has not exercised the right to sell his shares in accordance with Article L. 236-40, a shareholder of a merging company, if he considers that the exchange ratio of secu…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE III: Provisions common to the various commercial companies.

Article L235-7

Where the nullity of acts and deliberations subsequent to the formation of the company is based on a breach of the rules of disclosure, any person with an interest in the regularisation of the act may…

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