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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R222-11

Applications for a sports agent's licence are submitted to the sports agents' commission. The regulations governing sports agents set out the procedures, form and content of this application, as well…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Life insurance with variable capital on real estate.

Article L160-11

For life insurance and capitalisation contracts where a unit of account is made up of units in a company mentioned in article L. 160-10 or by a société civile de placement immobilier and subject to ar…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Profits

Article L232-11

…distribution comprises the profit for the year, less any losses carried forward from previous years and any sums to be transferred to reserves pursuant to the law or the Articles of Association, plus…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L237-11

Notice of the close of the liquidation is published in accordance with the procedures laid down by decree in the Conseil d'Etat.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: Entry on the list of persons qualified in industrial property matters

Article R421-11

…ny person falling under one of the measures mentioned in Article R. 421-2. Reasons are given for cancellation and a decision is made after the interested party has been given the opportunity to presen…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Interdepartmental institution (R)

Article R5421-11

The departmental councils of the associated departments may, by concurring deliberations, admit a new department to the interdepartmental institution they have created.

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Guarantees granted at the end of the term of office or the performance of duties

Article R7227-11

The end-of-mandate differential allowance is personal.

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article R8252-11

When a criminal court has handed down a final decision convicting a person of knowingly using the services of an employer of a foreign national not authorised to work, the court registry will send a c…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Scope of protection

Article L511-11

Subject to the provisions of international conventions to which France is a party, a foreigner who is neither established nor domiciled in the territory of a Member State of the European Community or…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Shareholders' meetings.

Article L225-117

…y shareholder has the right, at any time, to obtain the documents referred to in Article L. 225-115 and concerning the last three financial years, as well as the minutes and attendance sheets of the G…

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