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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions common to corporate officers of sociétés anonymes.

Article L225-94

…L. 225-67, the simultaneous exercise of general management by a natural person in a company and in another company that he controls within the meaning of Article L. 233-16.

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

Article L227-18

If the Articles of Association do not specify the terms of the share transfer price when the company implements a clause introduced pursuant to articles L. 227-14, L. 227-16 and L. 227-17, this price…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions specific to portfolio management companies

Article L533-22-2-3

…and L. 1235-16 of the Labour Code, the determination of the indemnity payable by the employer does not take into account, pursuant to article L. 533-22-2 of this Code and for the persons mentioned in…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Compensation procedures.

Article R211-40

…by the insurer, and the reasons for them. In the event of exclusion of compensation, the insurer is not obliged, in its notification, to provide the information and documents provided for in the first…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Compulsory licences in the interests of public health

Article R613-13

…rial property, taken at the request of the Minister responsible for public health. This decision is notified, within forty-eight hours, with its reasons, to the owner of the patent and, where applicab…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Urban solidarity and social cohesion grant.

Article L2334-18-4

…nder the conditions set out in the first two paragraphs of article L. 2334-18-2. Communes that were not eligible for the allocation in the year preceding the distribution do not benefit from this shar…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: The trade union committee.

Article L5212-8

…ves to the committee. Unless otherwise provided for in the statutes of the syndicat de communes and notwithstanding 1° of Article L. 5212-16, the representatives thus elected are also entitled to take…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Appointment of the committee

Article R1124-4

…ttee within twenty-four hours that this application has already received a favourable opinion from another committee. The designated committee may ask the Minister responsible for health for this file…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Application for substantial modification

Article R1124-11

When an application for a substantial amendment to an initial clinical trial is submitted, the competent Committee for the Protection of Individuals shall carry out the Part II assessment provided for…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: General conditions.

Article R742-6

Interpreter brokers and ship's drivers benefiting from the provisions set out in article 5 of Law no. 2001-43 of 16 January 2001 containing various provisions adapting to Community law in the field of…

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