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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Practice as a company

Article R422-23

Subject to the provisions of section 19 of the law of 29 November 1966 and those of this sub-section imposing special majority conditions, decisions are taken by a majority of the votes held by the me…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: REGISTRATION OF THE ASYLUM APPLICATION

Article R521-1

Without prejudice to the second paragraph of article 11-1 of decree no. 2004-374 of 29 April 2004 on the powers of the prefects and the organisation and action of the State services in the regions and…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 4: Creation of accounts.

Article R123-199-1

…ned by the international accounting standards adopted by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2238/2004 of 29 December 2004, in particular the part of its Annex IAS 24 entitled "Purpose of related party disc…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions common to all companies

Article R822-60

…professional indemnity insurance required by the third paragraph of article 16 of law no. 66-879 of 29 November 1966 is contracted by the company.

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R3381-1

…3125-6R. 3126-1 to R. 3126-5R. 3126-7 to R. 3126-12R. 3126-13Resulting from decree no. 2019-259 of 29 March 2019In Title IIIR. 3131-1Resulting from decree no. 2022-767 of 2 May 2022R. 3131-2 to R. 31…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R3361-1

…5-6 R. 3126-1 to R. 3126-5 R. 3126-7 to R. 3126-12 R. 3126-13 Resulting from decree no. 2019-259 of 29 March 2019 In Title IIIR. 3131-1 Resulting from decree no. 2022-767 of 2 May 2022 R. 3131-2 to R.…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Savings products

Article L743-11

…August 2008 L. 221-3, with the exception of the last paragraph, and L. 221-4 Law no. 2014-366 of 24 March 2014 L. 221-5, with the exception of its third and fifth paragraphsLaw no. 2019-486 of 22 May…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Savings products

Article L744-11

…August 2008 L. 221-3, with the exception of the last paragraph, and L. 221-4 Law no. 2014-366 of 24 March 2014 L. 221-5, with the exception of its third and fifth paragraphsLaw no. 2019-486 of 22 May…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Savings products

Article L742-11

…August 2008 L. 221-3, with the exception of the last paragraph, and L. 221-4 Law no. 2014-366 of 24 March 2014 L. 221-5, with the exception of its third and fifth paragraphsLaw no. 2019-486 of 22 May…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Provisions common to the measurement of the audience of professional employers' organisations at professional branch level and at national and cross-industry level

Article R2152-1

…subject to the last paragraph of Article L. 2152-1. For the liberal professions defined in Article 29 of Law 2012-387 of 22 March 2012 on vocational training, employment and social democracy, in the…

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