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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Retailers' cooperative societies.

Article L124-10

The exclusion of a member may be pronounced, as the case may be, by the board of directors or by the supervisory board if the cooperative society is constituted as a société anonyme, or by the managem…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER VI : Resource equalisation

Article L2336-5

I. - After deduction of an amount equal to the adjustments made the previous year and the share provided for in article L. 2336-4, the resources of the Fonds national de péréquation des ressources int…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Insurance CodeIn force
Section V: Technical and financial profit-sharing

Article A132-16

The amount of bonuses may be allocated directly to the mathematical provisions or transferred, in whole or in part, to the provision for bonuses referred to in article R. 343-3. Amounts transferred to…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Financial organisation (R).

Article R1611-10

…r public establishment the annual account relating to it. This account records the number and total amount of vouchers ordered during the year, those actually used and paid to service providers, those…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Paragraph 3: Common provision

Article R322-9

…tices is made in the margin of the copy of the summons to pay for the seizure published in the real estate register within eight days of the last summons being served. From the date of this entry, the…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Guarantee trusts

Article 2488-1

Ownership of real estate may be assigned as security for an obligation under a trust agreement entered into pursuant to the articles 2011 to 2030.The secured obligation may be present or future; in th…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Provisions relating to the use of a liability management structure

Article L311-41

…° to 6° of Article L. 311-1 subject to a resolution procedure, the resolution college may decide to use one or more liability management structures to which all or part of the portfolios of insurance…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Powers which may be transferred to a grouping by decision of the Director General of the Regional Health Agency

Article R6133-30

…L. 6122-1; 3° Medical imaging equipment other than that mentioned in 2°; 4° Pharmacies for internal use authorised under the conditions set out in Article L. 5126-7; 5° Medical biology laboratories; 6…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L132-8

The author must guarantee to the publisher the peaceful and, unless otherwise agreed, exclusive exercise of the assigned right. He is obliged to enforce this right and to defend it against any infring…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Funeral services

Article L2223-29

The fabriques and consistoires retain the exclusive right to supply objects intended for the funeral service in religious buildings and for the interior and exterior decoration of these buildings. The…

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