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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L122-6

The sports association must hold at least one third of the share capital and voting rights at the general meeting of the limited company with a sporting object that it has created. Except in the case…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Management

Article L214-101

The management company may, on behalf of the non-trading property investment company (société civile de placement immobilier) or forestry savings company (société d'épargne forestière) that it manages…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: List of candidates

Article L1441-23

The employer shall allow an employee of his company who has been appointed as a list representative in the context of the renewal of the industrial tribunal mandate the time required to carry out his…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: The Professional Advisory Committee for Sport and Leisure Activities (Commission professionnelle consultative des métiers du sport et de l'animation)

Article A142-23

A sub-committee of the Commission professionnelle consultative des métiers du sport et de l'animation is responsible for dealing with issues relating to the sports professions. It is made up of : 1° A…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Legal proceedings.

Article L2262-14

Any action for nullity of all or part of a collective agreement or arrangement must, on pain of inadmissibility, be brought within two months of : 1° of the notification of the company agreement provi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Establishment of social and economic committees and works councils

Article L2313-6

The loss of the status of separate establishment in the cases provided for in articles L. 2313-2 to L. 2313-5 entails the termination of the duties of the members of the staff delegation of the social…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Economic training

Article L2315-63

In companies with at least fifty employees, the full members of the social and economic committee elected for the first time are entitled, under the conditions and within the limits laid down in artic…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Takeover bids

Article L233-39

The articles of association of a company whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market may provide that the extraordinary rights of appointment or removal of directors, members of the sup…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Mergers between commercial companies

Article L236-4

The merger takes effect:1° In the case of the creation of one or more new companies, on the date of registration, in the Trade and Companies Register, of the new company or the last of them ;2° In oth…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Voting and electoral operations.

Article L723-9

Each elector is entitled to only one vote within the jurisdiction of the same commercial court. The right to vote may be exercised by post or by electronic means.Notwithstanding the first paragraph, o…

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