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Showing 49114920 of 69211 articles for Art. s. L 237-2 · L 237-15 · L 237-16 · R 237-1

French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Subsidiaries, holdings and controlled companies

Article L233-26

The report on the management of the group sets out the position of the group made up of the undertakings included in the consolidation, its foreseeable development, the significant events that have oc…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter V: Consumer mediation assessment and monitoring committee

Article L615-2

If a mediator does not meet the conditions required by this Title, the Commission d'évaluation et de contrôle de la médiation de la consommation shall refuse to include him on the list provided for by…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Formal notices from the Departmental Director of Labour, Employment and Vocational Training.

Article L4721-2

The formal notices issued by the Regional Director of Companies, Competition, Consumption, Labour and Employment, drawn up in accordance with the procedures laid down by regulation, set a deadline for…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Capital reduction

Article L242-24

The chairman, directors or managing directors of a public limited company are liable to a fine of €150,000 if they use shares purchased by the company under article L. 225-208 in order to give employe…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Armed Forces Medical Corps

Article L5542-2

Subject to the adaptations provided for in the second paragraph, the provisions of Article L. 5124-13 are applicable in New Caledonia and French Polynesia in the version resulting from Order No. 2018-…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Single integration contract

Article L5522-2-2

For its application in Guadeloupe, Guyana, Martinique, Mayotte, La Réunion, Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, article L. 5134-72 is supplemented by two paragraphs worded as…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Leave of absence and maternity leave.

Article L1225-20

Where childbirth occurs before the presumed date, maternity leave may be extended until the end of the sixteen, twenty-six, thirty-four or forty-six weeks of suspension of contract to which the employ…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Supplementary provisions

Article L3121-24

In the absence of an agreement as provided for in Article L. 3121-23, exceeding the maximum weekly working time provided for in Article L. 3121-22 is authorised by the administrative authority under c…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 6: Provisions applicable to certain overseas collectivities

Article L3512-28

In the local authorities governed by Article 73 of the Constitution and in Saint-Martin and Saint-Barthélemy, the price below which it is prohibited to sell a tobacco product mentioned in Article L. 3…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Provisions specific to agricultural products and foodstuffs

Article L443-2

I. - For perishable agricultural products or products from short production cycles, live animals, carcasses or for fishery and aquaculture products, included on a list established by decree, a distrib…

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