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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Shareholders' meetings

Article L22-10-37

By way of derogation from the second and third sentences of IV of Article L. 225-102-3, issuers mentioned in I and II of Article L. 451-1-2 of the Monetary and Financial Code and subject to the obliga…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Publication of budgets and accounts.

Article D2573-31

I. - The articles R. 2313-1 to R. 2313-3, article R. 2313-5 and article R. 2313-8 are applicable to the communes of French Polynesia subject to the adaptations provided for in II to IV. II. - For the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Shareholders' meetings.

Article R225-105-3

I.-The thresholds provided for in the first paragraph of I of Article L. 225-102-3 are set at 20 million euros for total assets, 40 million euros for net sales and 250 for the average number of employ…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Sponsorship

Article R6523-3

Volunteers with at least two years' experience as apprenticeship masters or tutors, or five years' professional experience, may be approved to carry out the mentoring activity provided for in article…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Organisation and operation

Article R6123-3-11

Where necessary, the Chairman of the Regional Council and the Regional Prefect may jointly invite representatives of local authorities or operators who are not members of the Regional Committee for Em…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article D325-3-1

All the components of a holiday village are grouped together on the same plot of land and include buildings constructed using traditional materials on foundations, subject to the provisions of article…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Miscellaneous

Article A444-39

The services listed under numbers 143 to 145,146 and 149 of table 3-2 give rise to the collection of the following fees:Number of the service (table 3-2 of article appendix 4-7)Description of the serv…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 3: Remuneration of the mandataire judiciaire and the liquidator.

Article R663-31-1

It shall be awarded to the mandataire judiciaire or the liquidateur judiciaire, in respect of actions brought by them pursuant to the provisions of the first paragraph of Article L. 653-7 and resultin…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions

Article L212-3-4

The provisions of II of article L. 212-3 as well as articles L. 212-3-1 and L. 212-3-2 are of public order.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Approval.

Article R511-3-4

The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution shall send the European Central Bank a proposed decision to oppose the proposed acquisition only if there are reasonable grounds for doing so on th…

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