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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Bodies

Article L5214-8

Articles L. 2123-1 to L. 2123-3, L. 2123-5, L. 2123-7 to L. 2123-16, L. 2123-18-2 and L. 2123-18-4, as well as article L. 2123-24-1 are applicable to the members of the council of the communauté de co…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Board of Directors

Article R1313-8

The duties of a member of the Board of Directors are incompatible with that of a member of the Scientific Advisory Board, a member of the Marketing Authorisation Monitoring Committee and a member of t…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General conditions

Article D2323-8

The working time of the lactarium staff may be shared with other activities carried out by the licence holder.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: The decision or opinion of the departmental committee.

Article R752-8

Where the applicant agrees to receive replies from the competent authority at an electronic address, notifications may be made to him by electronic mail.In this case, the applicant is deemed to have r…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: National identification system and register of companies and their establishments

Article A123-87

…le L. 100-3 of the code of relations between the public and the administration;4° The communication to any persons or bodies requesting it of the information contained in the directory under the condi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Psychotropic substances and preparations

Article R5132-88

…uisition or use and, in general, agricultural, craft, commercial and industrial operations relating to substances or preparations classified as psychotropic by decision of the Director General of the…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Sociétés en commandite simple.

Article L222-8

…are freely transferable between partners; 2° That the shares of limited partners may be transferred to third parties outside the company with the consent of all the general partners and of the majorit…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Limited liability companies.

Article L223-8

…or if it is not registered in the Trade and Companies Register within the same period, the contributors may individually apply to the courts for authorisation to withdraw the amount of their contribu…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Provisions specific to various commercial companies.

Article L226-8

Any remuneration other than that provided for in the Articles of Association may only be allocated to the Executive Chairman by the Ordinary General Meeting. It may only be made with the unanimous agr…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE III: Provisions common to the various commercial companies.

Article L231-8

The company is not dissolved by the death or withdrawal of a partner or by a liquidation judgment, or by a measure of prohibition from exercising a commercial profession, or by a measure of incapacity…

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