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Showing 181190 of 60095 articles for Art. CA Metz 1-3-2012 n° 09/03355

French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Shareholders' meetings

Article L22-10-35

In companies whose securities are admitted to trading on a regulated market, the management report presented by the Board of Directors or the Management Board to the Ordinary General Meeting referred…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Shareholders' meetings

Article L22-10-33

The Articles of Association of companies whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market may not provide for higher quorums for meetings of their special meetings than those mentioned in th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Shareholders' meetings

Article L22-10-34

…to account the shareholders' vote, for approval at the next General Meeting. Payment of the sum allocated for the current financial year pursuant to the first paragraph of article L. 225-45 or the fir…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Legal proceedings

Article L623-32-1

…livery to the injured party of the objects and things removed from the commercial circuits or confiscated, without prejudice to any damages. It may also order, at the expense of the convicted person,…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Criminal penalties

Article L2223-35-1

…rial method, the content of the funeral services and supplies, the authorised operator appointed to carry out the funeral and, where applicable, the agent appointed to ensure that the wishes expressed…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 3: Illegal businesses

Article R352-34-1

When the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution temporarily suspends, restricts or prohibits the free disposal of all or part of the assets of an insurance undertaking, pursuant to 4° of Art…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Shareholders' meetings.

Article R225-105-3

I.-The thresholds provided for in the first paragraph of I of Article L. 225-102-3 are set at 20 million euros for total assets, 40 million euros for net sales and 250 for the average number of employ…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Shareholders' meetings

Article R22-10-30

…areholders present or represented at the meeting; 3° For each resolution, the total number of votes cast, detailing the number of shares and the proportion of the share capital they represent, the num…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Guaranteed minimum

Article R*3231-17

When the minimum growth wage is increased in application of the provisions of article L. 3231-5, a joint decree by the ministers responsible for labour, agriculture and the economy and finance shall a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Mobility vouchers

Article R3261-13-3

…inal equipment, within the meaning of 10° of article L. 32 of the French Post and Electronic Communications Code, used by the employee and the company approved on the basis of article L. 3261-7 for pa…

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