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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Declaration

Article R321-1

…guarantee has been taken out guaranteeing the representation of funds held on behalf of third parties.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Merger

Article R236-11

A creditor's objection to the merger, under the conditions provided for by Articles L. 236-15, L. 236-26 and L. 236-30, shall be lodged within thirty days of the last insertion or public availability…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Merger

Article R236-13

Lessors of premises leased to the absorbed companies may also object to the merger, under the conditions set out in the first paragraph of article R. 236-11.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Merger

Article R236-16

…on with the Trade and Companies Register of the registered office of one of the beneficiary companies. It is signed by at least one legal representative of each of the participating companies or their…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Creation

Article L5214-1

…munauté de communes in terms of urban policy and strengthening solidarity between its member communes. It sets out the ways in which the competences of the communauté de communes contribute to the obj…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Creation.

Article L5215-1

…ban community in terms of urban policy and strengthening solidarity between its member municipalities. It determines the ways in which the competences of the urban community contribute to the objectiv…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Creation.

Article L5216-1

…populous municipality is the central municipality of an urban unit with more than 15,000 inhabitants. The population threshold of 50,000 is reduced to 30,000 when the agglomeration community includes…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Creation

Article L5217-1

…s and Economic Studies, of more than 650,000 inhabitants, are transformed by decree into a metropolis. Subject to an agreement expressed by at least two-thirds of the municipal councils of the municip…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Creation

Article L5218-1

I. - Notwithstanding the second paragraph of article L. 5217-1, the Aix-Marseille-Provence metropolis brings together all the member municipalities of the Marseille Provence métropole urban community,…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Creation

Article L5842-14

…rawn up by the High Commissioner of the Republic, on the initiative of one or more municipal councils. "2° The last sentence is deleted.

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