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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 5: Subscription, purchase or pledge by companies of their own shares.

Article L225-211

Records of purchases and sales made pursuant to articles L. 225-208, L. 22-10-62, L. 225-209-2, L. 228-12 and L. 228-12-1 must be kept, under the conditions laid down by decree in the Conseil d'Etat,…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 4: Cooperation and exchange of information

Article R311-21

When it decides on the automatic transfer of a portfolio of insurance contracts concluded in the territory of one or more Member States of the European Economic Area, pursuant to Article L. 311-31, Ar…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Sub-section 2: Provisions applicable to the automatic release under constraint provided for in II of article 720

Article D147-21

The prison integration and probation service will forward its opinion on the most appropriate measure and on the obligations and prohibitions likely to be imposed to the sentence enforcement judge in…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Operation

Article R2131-21

The director of the healthcare organisation or institution within which the centre is set up shall declare to the Director General of the Agence de la biomédecine any change in the composition of the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Terms of engagement and services of the statutory auditor

Article R823-21

The statutory auditor appointed to a public interest entity or finance company for a statutory audit engagement shall publish on its website a transparency report, relating in particular to its own st…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General duties of dental surgeons.

Article R4127-210

The following principles, which are traditional in the practice of dentistry, are binding on all dentists, except in cases where their observance would be incompatible with a legislative or regulatory…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Composition and operation of the Advisory Committee

Article R7124-21

The committee meets when convened by the administrative authority defined in article R. 7124-1, as often as necessary. It submits a detailed opinion on each application for individual authorisation or…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Acquisition of French nationality by marriage

Article 21-4

The Government may oppose, by decree in the Council of State, on the grounds of unworthiness or lack of assimilation, other than linguistic, the acquisition of French nationality by the foreign spouse…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Credit consolidation

Article R314-21

In order to draw up the disclosure document on the basis of accurate information, the lender or intermediary shall ask the borrower to provide the documents, in particular the contractual documents, p…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Capital increase.

Article L3332-21

The General Meeting which decides on the capital increase may provide for the free allocation of shares or other securities giving access to the capital. The total benefit resulting from this allocati…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
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