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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 8: Civil liability.

Article L225-253

Any clause in the Articles of Association which has the effect of making the exercise of corporate action subject to the prior opinion or authorisation of the General Meeting, or which entails in adva…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 312-25

Beneficiaries of aid have ten months from the date of the decision to grant aid to submit the developed version of the project to the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée.In exceptional circ…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Investment of sums held in the automatic promotion account abroad

Article 721-25

The application for investment authorisation must be submitted once a year when it concerns the promotion abroad of the company's catalogue and twice at the most when it concerns the promotion abroad…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Evidence.

Article 259-3

…ell as with the experts and other persons designated by the judge pursuant to 9° and 10° of Article 255, all information and documents useful for determining benefits and pensions and liquidating the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 8: Civil liability.

Article L225-251

Directors and the Chief Executive Officer shall be liable individually or jointly and severally, as the case may be, to the company or to third parties, either for infringements of the legislative or…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter Ia: Pharmacovigilance

Article L5121-25

Doctors, dental surgeons, midwives and pharmacists report any suspected adverse reaction to a medicinal product or product mentioned in article L. 5121-1 of which they are aware. Other healthcare prof…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Duties of dental surgeons in relation to social medicine.

Article R4127-256

No one may be both expert dental surgeon and treating dental surgeon for the same patient. Unless the parties agree otherwise, the dental surgeon must not accept an expert mission in which the interes…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Nomination and election of members

Article R7111-25

In the regions defined by the commission's internal regulations, one representative and one alternate from each category are appointed as correspondents. In each region, the employers' representative…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Provisions applicable by court order

Article L237-25

The liquidator, within three months of the close of each financial year, shall draw up the annual accounts in the light of the inventory he has made of the various assets and liabilities existing at t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: EC declaration of conformity, full quality assurance system.

Article R5221-25

…ubmits an application for assessment of this quality system to an authorised body and undertakes to maintain its quality system appropriate and effective and to comply with the obligations arising fro…

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