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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Anti-competitive practices.

Article L420-6-1

…ctices referred to in Article L. 420-1 are exempt from the penalties provided for in Article L. 420-6 if that undertaking or association of undertakings has benefited from a total exemption from pecun…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-sub-paragraph 3: Filing of accounting documents and declaration of confidentiality of annual accounts

Article A123-61-1

A standard model for the annual accounts confidentiality statement provided for in the first paragraph of Article R. 123-111-1 is set out in Annex 1-5 to this book.A standard model for the declaration…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R6241-21

…ublishes the list of courses provided by the establishments, services or schools mentioned in 1° to 6° of article L. 6241-5 and the establishments mentioned in 7° to 10° and 12° of the same article, w…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Career development advice

Article L6111-6-1

…ng share the data relating to their counselling activity under the conditions set out in article L. 6353-10. Those who do not fulfil this obligation lose the benefit of the provisions mentioned in art…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Discharge from hospital.

Article D1112-67-1

For the application of article L. 1111-3-1, the healthcare establishments mentioned inarticle L. 162-22-6 of the Social Security Code provide their patients, following a stay or the provision of a ser…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Allocations of free shares

Article L22-10-60

…2° The company shall, in accordance with the conditions set out in articles L. 225-177 to L. 225-186 and L. 22-10-57, to an allotment of options for the benefit of all its employees and at least 90%…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Provisions applicable to categories of securities being phased out

Article L212-6-1

The rules governing the creation of non-voting preference shares are set out in Articles L. 228-29-8 to L. 228-29-10 and L. 228-35-2 to L. 228-35-11 of the French Commercial Code.

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Equalisation allowance.

Article L3334-6-1

…ion density of more than 100 inhabitants per square kilometre and an urbanisation rate of more than 65% are considered to be urban departments for the purposes of this article. The urbanisation rate i…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Health policy.

Article L1411-6-1

…cluding genetic tests, constitutes a national health programme within the meaning ofarticle L. 1411-6. The procedures for organising this screening and the list of diseases covered by it are set by or…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Classification.

Article D324-6-1

The bodies referred to in 2° of article L. 324-1 are those which, on 22 July 2009, held: 1° Either approval issued by the representative of the State in the département, in accordance with the provisi…

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