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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Cheque payment incidents

Article R734-11

…same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeR. 131-38 to R. 131-42n° 2005-1007 of 2 August 2005R. 131-43No. 2014-1315 of 3 November 2014R. 131-44 and R. 131-45n° 2005-1007 of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Embryo research

Article R2151-5

Embryos may only be delivered to the person responsible for the research mentioned in Article R. 2151-8 by the holder of the authorisation provided for in Article L. 2151-9, by the practitioner approv…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Approval procedures for bodies carrying out inspections

Article R3115-43

The approved person or body shall send the Prefect an annual activity report by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, by hand-delivery against receipt, or by electronic transmission with…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Information system concerning jobseekers and employees

Article R5312-40

In addition to the data collected directly from the persons concerned, the information system is fed, within the framework of the purposes mentioned in Article R. 5312-38 and strictly limited to the i…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Judgment

Article R4443-7

I.-Articles R. 4234-41 to R. 4234-49 are applicable in New Caledonia and French Polynesia in their version resulting from decree no. 2022-381 of 16 March 2022, subject to the adaptations provided for…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Remuneration

Article R7124-37

Before 31st March each year, Caisse des dépôts et consignations sends the account holder or his/her legal representative, by any means, a document showing the outstanding deposits and the interest the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE I: Preliminary provisions.

Article L210-12

…cial year and whose articles of association meet the conditions defined in 1° and 2° of article L. 210-10 may provide in its articles of association that an engagement coordinator replaces the engagem…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 5: Takeover bid

Article L2312-52

…to L. 2312-51 of this Code do not apply to the offers referred to in Articles L. 225-207 and L. 22-10-62 of the French Commercial Code or when the company is the subject of a public offer initiated b…

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

Article L233-30

…ncludes among its shareholders a société par actions holding a fraction of its capital greater than 10%, it may not hold any shares issued by the latter. If it comes to hold any, it must dispose of th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE VI: The Competition Authority.

Article R462-5

…in advance of the group purchasing agreements referred to in the first paragraph of Article L. 462-10 when the following two conditions are met: a) The total worldwide turnover excluding tax of all t…

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