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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions.

Article D214-32-7-14

…214-32-7-13 relate to :1° Any distribution made to shareholders where, at the closing date of the last financial year, the net asset value as defined in the annual accounts of the company concerned…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Accounts and deposits.

Article R312-18

…ssues relate to debt securities mentioned in 2 of II of Article L. 211-1, with the exception of :a) Last-ranking subordinated securities issued pursuant to article L. 228-97 of the Commercial Code ;b)…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Conditions for registration on the list of court-appointed administrators

Article A811-19

For the examination with option in civil matters, the oral tests comprise: 1° A test lasting thirty minutes comprising a ten-minute presentation on a subject relating to mandates in civil matters, fol…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Recruitment.

Article R6152-415

…the date on which it ends and, where applicable, the trial period, set at one month for a contract lasting less than six months and two months for a contract lasting six months or more; 5° The period…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Economic rights

Article L122-12

…issuing and withdrawing this approval and for choosing the transferee organisations pursuant to the last sentence of the first paragraph of Article L. 122-10.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: Service.

Article 658

…and recalling, if the copy of the document has been deposited in his office, the provisions of the last paragraph of article 656. The letter also contains a copy of the document of service. The same…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter II: Declaration of absence

Article 124

…ny place where it deems it useful, and in particular in the district of domicile or in those of the last residences, if they are distinct.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 11: Settlement orders

Article 179-1

…t in the case. The order also informs him/her that any summons, notification or service made to the last declared address will be deemed to have been made to his/her person.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 7: Simplified procedure

Article 495-2-1

…n the criminal order. If he is unable to rule on this claim for one of the reasons mentioned in the last paragraph of the same article 420-1, he shall refer the case to the Public Prosecutor's Office…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope and definitions

Article L133-2

…ser is a natural person acting for non-business purposes, the provisions of article L. 133-1-1, the last two paragraphs of article L. 133-7, articles L. 133-8, L. 133-19, L. 133-20, L. 133-22, L. 133-…

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