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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Sociétés de crédit foncier

Article R513-5

…a credit institution, finance company or insurance company with equity of at least 12 million euros acts as joint guarantor.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Managing Director

Article R1313-19

The Chief Executive represents the institution in legal proceedings and in all civil acts. He enters into contracts and agreements, purchases and sales and transactions on behalf of the institution, s…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IV: Judicial liquidation and professional recovery.

Article R645-8

The acts necessary for the conservation of the debtor's rights and the preservation of his assets are the subject of a report submitted to the judge assigned, a copy of which is sent to the Public Pro…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Suspended probation

Article D546-8

…ply with the time limits set out in articles D. 546-2 and D. 546-4 of this code and by articles D. 621-10 and D. 621-11 of the Penitentiary Code does not constitute a cause of nullity for summonses or…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 1: General provisions

Article LO1112-7

…d control applicable to a deliberation of the deliberative assembly of the local authority or to an act of its executive.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter III: Limitation periods

Article 515

An action for the rendering of an account, for a claim or for payment brought by the protected person or person who has been protected or by his heirs in respect of acts of guardianship shall be barre…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Concurrent offences.

Article 439

1. Any act falling within the scope of the separate punitive provisions enacted by this Code must be considered in the highest criminal sense to which it is susceptible. 2. Where there is more than on…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 3: Solidarity.

Article 406

1. Convictions against several persons for the same act of fraud are joint and several, both for pecuniary penalties in lieu of confiscation and for fines and costs. 2. This is different only in respe…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Public limited companies.

Article L225-254

Liability actions against directors or the managing director, both corporate and individual, shall be barred after three years, starting from the harmful event or, if it was concealed, from its revela…

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

Article L228-29-4

…ation of their property, the request to exchange the old securities and the purchases or sales of fractional shares necessary to carry out the consolidation are treated as acts of simple administratio…

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