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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: The Management Board and the Supervisory Board.

Article L225-82

…half of its members are present. Unless the Articles of Association provide for a greater majority, decisions are taken by a majority of the members present or represented. Except when the Board is co…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article R442-5

…representative of the Minister for the Economy referred to in Article L. 432-4-1 may object to the decisions of the Chief Executive Officer of the body referred to in Article L. 432-2 in the followin…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I bis: Provisions relating to the duty allocated to the compensation fund for the profession of solicitors at the courts of appeal

Article 963

…e when submitting their application. Where the party has applied for legal aid, it shall attach the decision granting such aid to the document subject to payment of the fee. In the absence of a decisi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Provisions relating to the conclusion, assessment and implementation of group financial support agreements

Article L613-46-5

…ent considering granting its support, it may authorise, prohibit or restrict the scope of a support decision referred to in Article L. 613-46-4 within five working days of receiving the decision. II.…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 3: Regulatory capital requirement for groups.

Article R356-26

…o the college. IV - The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution shall endeavour to reach a decision with the other supervisory authorities of the college of supervisors on its proposals menti…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Principles

Article R141-8

Where the contested decision is subject to appeal, referral to the French National Olympic and Sports Committee for conciliation interrupts the appeal period.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 4: Lapse of financial assistance

Article 121-8

Unless otherwise stipulated, decisions to award financial assistance are subject to the project or expenditure being completed within four years.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Approval of investments

Article 211-45

…he production companies and any direct allocations are allocated in advance of the final allocation decision constituted by the production licence.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter II: Admissibility of methods of proof

Article 1361

It may be substituted for writing by judicial confession, decisive oath or prima facie evidence in writing corroborated by another means of proof.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Judicial measures to prevent recidivism in terrorism and rehabilitation

Article 706-25-19

The decisions of the Paris Sentence Enforcement Court provided for in this section may be appealed in accordance with the second paragraph of Article 712-1.

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