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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Dissolution and liquidation of the company

Article R822-122

…ipations financières de profession libérale de commissaires aux comptes" in the "société(s) d'exercice libéral".

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Dissolution and liquidation of the company

Article R822-123

The liquidator shall inform the Compagnie Nationale des Commissaires aux Comptes of the closure of the liquidation operations.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Dissolution and liquidation of the company

Article R822-121

…his duties. The liquidator shall deposit at the registry in charge of keeping the register of commerce and companies where the company is registered, to be placed in the file opened in the name of the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Dissolution and liquidation of the company

Article R822-120

…de commissaires aux comptes. More than one liquidator may be appointed. The liquidator may be replaced due to impediment, or for any other serious reason, by decision of the president of the judicial…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Operation of pharmacies

Article R5090-12

The provisions of this book relating to sociétés d'exercice libéral de pharmaciens d'officine are applicable in the overseas territories and Mayotte.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section III: Delegation, total and partial withdrawal of parental authority, judicial declaration of parental abandonment

Article 1204

The following shall be summoned to the hearing, by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt to which the application is attached, at least eight days before the date of the hearing: 1° The pe…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection III: Register matters.

Article ANNEXE, art. 27-1

Applications for registration may also be created and transmitted electronically, using technical procedures that must guarantee, under conditions specific to each register, the reliability of the ide…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Employment and working conditions.

Article L1253-12

…onsible for the conditions under which the work is performed, as determined by the legal provisions and collective bargaining agreements applicable to the place of work.For the application of these pr…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Voting and electoral operations.

Article L723-12

The provisions of articles L. 49, L. 50, L. 58 to L. 67 and L. 86 to L. 117 of the Electoral Code apply to the electoral operations organised with a view to the appointment of the judges of the commer…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Communal property and establishments

Article L2544-12

Enjoyment of communal property may only be granted on a revocable basis.

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