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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IV: Judicial liquidation and professional recovery.

Article L641-12

Without prejudice to the application of I and II of Article L. 641-11-1, the termination of the lease of buildings used for the company's business takes place under the following conditions: 1° On the…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter III: National metrology and testing laboratory

Article R823-7

…l to the Chief Executive Officer ; 10° The general conditions for charging for laboratory services; 11° The general conditions for the recruitment, employment and remuneration of staff; 12° The establ…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter II: Life insurance and capitalisation operations

Article A132-16-1

…dance with the model set out in Article 422-4 of Autorité des normes comptables Regulation No. 2015-11 of 26 November 2015 relating to the annual accounts of insurance undertakings, is negative and th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Allocation to an employee savings plan.

Article L3324-12

…tive retirement savings plan is invested in accordance with the second paragraph of article L. 3334-11. The terms and conditions for the allocation of the portion of the sums paid to employees in resp…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Criminal provisions.

Article L5524-1

…2 ; 8° Article L. 5435-1 ; 9° Articles L. 5438-1 to L. 5438-7;10° Articles L. 5451-1 to L. 5451-3 ; 11° Articles L. 5461-2 to L. 5461-4, L. 5461-5, L. 5461-6 and L. 5461-6-2 in the version resulting f…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Sociétés de crédit foncier

Article R513-16

…rterly programme of issues of resources benefiting from the privilege referred to in Article L. 513-11. He shall certify compliance with this same rule for all issues of resources benefiting from this…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Operations.

Article D518-45

…° The remuneration of Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations and the terms of payment by the principal; 11° The procedures for control of the operations of Caisse des dépôts et consignations by the princi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Implementation through the payment of an annual contribution

Article D5212-20

The annual contribution, before the deductions provided for in Articles L. 5212-10-1, L. 5212-11 and the third paragraph of Article L. 5212-9, is equal to the product of : 1° the number of disabled wo…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R5313-6-2

I. - As part of their duties relating to the products mentioned in article L. 5311-1 and after giving prior notice of their visit to the Minister for Defence, the inspectors from the Agence nationale…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Approval, implementation and control of the statement of estimated revenue and expenditure.

Article D6145-31

…d income and expenditure if it is not drawn up in accordance with the provisions of Article R. 6145-11 or for one or more of the following reasons:1° The revenue forecast exceeds the resources set in…

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