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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Composition, election and term of office.

Article L2333-4

The total number of seats on the Group Works Council is divided between the elected representatives of the various electoral colleges in proportion to the numerical strength of each college. The seats…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Loans, profit participation certificates and mutualist certificates.

Article R322-80-2

The maximum proportion of the profits of the last financial year and previous financial years that may be allocated annually to the remuneration of mutualist certificates is equal to 10% of the sum of…

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

Article R322-69

The Statutory Auditors are invited, at the same time as the directors or members of the Management Board, to the meeting of the Board of Directors or the Management Board which closes the accounts for…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Loans, profit participation certificates and mutualist certificates.

Article R322-78

All prospectuses, posters, circulars, notices, advertisements or any other documents relating to company loans must explicitly state that a lien has been established for the benefit of policyholders u…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 422-2

Images of Diversity grants are awarded for the creation and distribution of cinematographic, audiovisual or multimedia works that :1° Represent all immigrant populations, populations of immigrant desc…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Exceptional aid to programming groups and agreements

Article 919-68

In order to benefit from the exceptional aid, at least 50% of the cinemas for which the grouping or the lead company of the cartel ensures the programming belong to establishments that are independent…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VII: Liquidation

Article L237-23

Within six months of his appointment, the liquidator shall convene a shareholders' meeting to which he shall report on the company's assets and liabilities, the continuation of the liquidation operati…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK III: Certain forms of sale and exclusivity clauses.

Article L341-1

All contracts concluded between, on the one hand, a natural person or a legal entity governed by private law that groups together traders, other than those mentioned in Chapters V and VI of Title II o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK IV: Free pricing and competition.

Article L410-6

I. - On an experimental basis and for a period of five years from 1 July 2017, in the Department of Mayotte and French Guiana, following a public opinion from the territorially competent observatory o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Statutory audit.

Article L823-6

One or more shareholders or associates representing at least 5% of the share capital, the works council, the public prosecutor, the Autorité des marchés financiers for persons and entities whose finan…

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