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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Statutory audit.

Article L823-12-1

…forming the due diligence and reports mentioned in articles L. 223-19, L. 223-27, L. 223-34, L. 223-42, L. 225-40, L. 225-42, L. 225-88, L. 225-90, L. 225-103, L. 225-115, L. 225-135, L. 225-244, L. 2…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 4: People with disabilities

Article A212-44

…opinion referred to in 5° of article A. 212-35, or 8° of article A. 212-36 or 3° of article A. 212-42. It is communicated to the training organisation concerned, which must make the necessary adjustm…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Cross-border transactions

Article R236-31

…nce issued by the competent authority, where applicable the registrar referred to in Article L. 236-42, and dating from less than six months, the draft terms of cross-border merger approved by the com…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 5: Takeover bid

Article L2312-48

…ommittee to which he has been invited in accordance with the conditions set out in Articles L. 2312-42 and L. 2312-46, may not exercise the voting rights attached to the securities of the company whic…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions (R)

Article R2223-50

…d in their post, who perform or have performed one of the functions referred to in articles R. 2223-42, R. 2223-43 and R. 2223-44 for a period of twelve months from 10 May 1995, the date of publicatio…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Sub-section 3: Provisions relating to sports betting bans

Article R131-41

…ed to submit the information mentioned in the application provided for in 2° of I of Article R. 131-42. The Autorité nationale des jeux and La Française des jeux define the technical procedures for tr…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 5: Takeover bid

Article L2312-45

The Chartered Accountant appointed pursuant to the last paragraph of Article L. 2312-42 shall draw up a report assessing the industrial and financial policy and the strategic plans that the bidder int…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Staff.

Article R2324-43-1

…more than twenty-four places, at least one of the professionals mentioned in 1° of article R. 2324-42. For the establishments mentioned in 1° of the I of article R. 2324-46, the provisions of the pre…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: General shops

Article L522-33

…g his rights over the goods and in the event of insufficiency. The time limit set by article L. 511-42 for exercising recourse against endorsers, shall only run from the day on which the sale of the g…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Etablissement public de santé national de Fresnes.

Article R6147-75

Articles R. 6141-10 to R. 6141-12, R. 6143-15, R. 6143-23, R. 6143-24 and R. 6144-42 do not apply to the National Public Health Establishment in Fresnes. The powers attributed to the Director General…

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