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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Intermediary associations.

Article L5132-8

A cooperation agreement may be signed between the intermediary association and one of the prescribers mentioned in Article L. 5132-3, defining in particular the conditions for recruiting, making avail…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Undertakings for collective real estate investment.

Article R214-89

…te collective investment undertaking ;2° Assets held directly by the companies referred to in 2° or 3° of I of Article L. 214-36 in which the undertaking holds equity interests meeting the conditions…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: The introduction of a period allowing employees to make an offer in the event of the sale of a business in companies that are not required to set up a works council.

Article L141-27

…he subject of conciliation, safeguard, receivership or liquidation proceedings governed by Book VI; 3° If, during the twelve months preceding the sale, the sale has already been the subject of informa…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Special provisions applicable to auctioneers, bailiffs, notaries and lawyers

Article R444-42

…sub-section 1 of section 2 as regards notaries and bailiffs who perform these functions pursuant to 3° of the article 1 of the law of 1 June 1924 introducing French commercial laws into the department…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Voluntary sales of furniture by public auction.

Article L321-3

The act of offering, acting as the owner's agent, an item of property by remote public auction by electronic means in order to auction it to the highest bidder constitutes a sale by auction by electro…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title IV: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article R442-3

…to the prefecture or sub-prefecture are replaced by references to the representation of the State; 3° Article R. 414-6 reads as follows:"Art. R. 414-6 .-The exercise by a foreigner of a salaried prof…

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

Article A132-3

I. - For a given financial year, the total amount of profit sharing guaranteed by the company or the supplementary occupational retirement fund under article A. 132-2 must be less than a ceiling calcu…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Board of Directors.

Article R4642-3

…s-industry level and according to the rule of proportional representation with the highest average; 3° Seven representatives of the State, ex officio members, distributed as follows: a) The Minister f…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Debt securities

Article L744-4

I.- Are applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, subject to the adaptation provisions provided for in II, the provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below, in th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 4: Provisions specific to natural persons

Article R123-121-2

When he assigns property, rights, obligations or securities to his professional activity, the individual limited liability entrepreneur shall, where applicable, file, in accordance with Article R. 123…

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