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

Article D23-10-2

The information provided to employees mentioned in articles L. 23-10-3and L. 23-10-9 may be carried out as follows: 1° During an employee information meeting at the end of which employees sign the att…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Provisions relating to Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon

Article R6523-2-19

…ks, the skills operator receives the resources collected for the development of vocational training and work-linked training by the social welfare fund mentioned inarticle 3 of order no. 77-1102 of 26…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: General obligations of traders

Article A123-11-2

…or a competent authority shall be made by the declarant to the single body mentioned in Article R. 123-1 using the following means:a) By using a payment card issued by a credit institution or by an i…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE VI: The Competition Authority.

Article L462-2-1

…request of the Government, the Competition Authority shall give its opinion on the regulated prices and tariffs referred to, respectively, in the second paragraph of article L. 410-2 and in l'article…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Derogation from the weekly working time in the event of combination with another part-time employment contract

Article D5132-26-13

…e request for derogation is made at the employer's initiative, the employer must send the Prefect : 1° Any document intended to establish a promise of employment for a part-time employment contract wi…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Title I: Trademarks and service marks

Article R712-16-2

The period referred to in the second paragraph of article L. 712-5 is three months.The date of the end of the investigation phase referred to in the same article occurs if a party has not submitted ob…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L8323-1-2

For the application of article L. 8271-6-4 in Mayotte, the following words are inserted after the words: "articles L. 213-1 and L. 752-1 of the Social Security Code," the words: "article 22 of order n…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Governance system

Article R385-16-2

…pplementary occupational pension fund, for several of the key functions mentioned in Article L. 354-1, with the exception of the internal audit function, which is independent of the other key function…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Provisions specific to public limited companies

Article R22-10-21

The provisions of Article R. 225-72 do not apply when the company's shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Provisions specific to public limited companies

Article R22-10-25

For the application of article L. 22-10-40, the information incumbent on the proxy is delivered by the proxy to the shareholder by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt or, if the proxy ha…

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