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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VII: Simplified joint stock companies.

Article R227-2

The articles R. 225-66 to R. 225-70 and article R. 225-83 are applicable to simplified joint stock companies making an offer referred to in 2° of article L. 411-2 of the Monetary and Financial Code.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 84

Subject to the application of articles 657 and 663, the removal of the investigating judge in favour of another investigating judge may be requested from the president of the court, in the interests o…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Provisions applicable in French Polynesia and New Caledonia

Article L771-5

…ame table: APPLICABLE ARTICLES IN THEIR REACTION L. 751-2 to L. 751-4 Resulting from the ordonnance n° 2016-301 du 14 mars 2016 L. 751-5Resulting from the ordonnance n° 2018-1125 du 12 décembre 2018 p…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Financial provisions.

Article R2531-1

Les dispositions réglementaires du livre VI de la première partie et celles du livre III de la présente partie à l'exception des articles D. 2333-83 to D. 2333-104 are applicable to the municipalities…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE V: Provisions applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands.

Article R950-1

Subject to the adaptations provided for in the following chapters, the following provisions of the Code shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands:1° The provisions of Book I mentioned in the left-h…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Obligations relating to the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing

Article R775-38

…3-0 No 2018-284 of 18 April 2018 R. 561-4 and R. 561-5 No. 2020-118 of 12 February 2020 R. 561-5-1 n° 2021-387 of 2 April 2021 R. 561-5-2 to R. 561-9 n° 2020-118 of 12 February 2020 R. 561-10 n° 2021…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Limited liability companies.

Article R223-10

Article R. 228-60, except insofar as it determines the conditions for application of Article L. 228-51, and articles R. 228-61 to R. 228-64 are applicable to the representatives of the bondholders' gr…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: National coordination and national missions

Article R1413-89-1

The Minister for Health defines national guidelines for the prevention and management of healthcare-associated infections and the prevention of resistance to anti-infectives, in particular antibiotic…

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

Article L22-10-27

In companies whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market, the distribution of the sum allocated to members of the supervisory board as remuneration for their activity, pursuant to the f…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: Sports associations in the workplace

Article L121-6

In public administrations and establishments, the organisation and management of physical and sporting activities may be entrusted to one or more sports associations in which staff participate within…

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