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

Article L229-1

…The European Company shall be governed by the provisions of Council Regulation (EC) No 2157/2001 of 8 October 2001 on the Statute for a European Company, those of this chapter and those applicable to…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2a: Provisions applicable to certain breaches of the Highway Code

Article 529-11

The notice of contravention provided for by articles 529-1 and 529-8 or the payment notice for the settlement provided for by Article 529-6 may be sent following the discovery of a traffic offence com…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Enforcement of prison sentences

Article 627-18

…of the sentence shall be governed by the provisions of this code, with the exception of articles 728-2 to 728-8.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 5: Takeover bid

Article L2312-50

…s case, within three days of publication of the offer document referred to in III of Article L. 621-8 of the Monetary and Financial Code, the offeror shall forward it to the employer making the offer,…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter II: RECOGNITION OF OBLIGATIONS RELATING TO RESIDENCE IN FRANCE

Article L822-3

…ial penalties provided for, for the employment of a foreigner not authorised to work, in article L. 822-2 of this Code and article L. 8253-1 of the Labour Code may not exceed the amount of the crimina…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Monetary signs

Article L721-6

…ts ending in 1, 2, 6 and 7 are rounded down to the nearest multiple of 5;2° Amounts ending in 3, 4, 8 and 9 are rounded up to the nearest multiple of 5.II. - Coins denominated in CFP francs may not be…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Title III: Supervision of the financial system, cooperation, exchange of information and supplementary supervision of financial conglomerates

Article L634-3

III of Article 8 and Articles 10-1 and 12 to 13-1 of Law 2016-1691 of 9 December 2016 on transparency, the fight against corruption and the modernisation of economic life are applicable to any natural…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 7: Extreme emergency work.

Article L4532-17

…1 ; 2° Drawing up a general health and safety coordination plan as provided for in article L. 4532-8; 3° Drawing up and sending a specific health and safety protection plan as provided for in article…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Board of Directors and General Management.

Article R225-33

…stributes among its members, where applicable under the conditions provided for in Article L. 22-10-8, the overall sums allocated to the directors in the form of attendance fees; in particular, it may…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Subsidiaries, holdings and controlled companies.

Article R233-13

…le income of a subsequent financial year; 2° Adjustments and eliminations imposed on article R. 233-8, the restatements provided for in c of that article and in particular those induced by the use of…

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