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Showing 26312640 of 29733 articles for Art. CE 8-4-2022 n° 447694

French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VIII: Transferable securities issued by joint stock companies.

Article R228-87

For the application of 1° of article L. 228-99, where there are securities giving access to the capital, the company issuing new equity securities with preferential subscription rights reserved for it…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VIII: Transferable securities issued by joint stock companies.

Article R228-88

For the application of 2° of article L. 228-99, where there are securities giving access to the capital, the company making the free share allotment shall transfer to an unavailable reserve account th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Company accounts.

Article R232-8

…2-5 carries out, when it exercises the option provided for in this article, restatements in accordance with the consolidation rules on the elements of the accounts of the companies it directly or indi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VI: Mergers, demergers and partial contributions of assets

Article R236-8

The period mentioned in the fourth paragraph of II of article L. 236-9 is twenty days from the last insertion made pursuant to article R. 236-2 or, where applicable, the last publication provided for…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: COMMUNES DES DÉPARTEMENTS DE LA MOSELLE, DU BAS-RHIN ET DU HAUT-RHIN

Article L5816-8

…ides. Expenditure charged to the municipalities is compulsory expenditure in respect of which, if necessary, action is taken in accordance with the provisions of article L. 1612-15.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE II: PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS INVOLVING LOCAL AND REGIONAL AUTHORITIES, GROUPS OF LOCAL AND REGIONAL AUTHORITIES AND OTHER LEGAL ENTITIES GOVERNED BY PUBLIC LAW

Article L5721-8

The provisions of articles L. 5211-12 to L. 5211-14 applicable to syndicats de communes are applicable to syndicats mixtes associating exclusively communes, établissements publics de coopération inter…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE II: PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS INVOLVING LOCAL AND REGIONAL AUTHORITIES, GROUPS OF LOCAL AND REGIONAL AUTHORITIES AND OTHER LEGAL ENTITIES GOVERNED BY PUBLIC LAW

Article L5722-8

…départements or public establishments for inter-communal cooperation when they exercise the competence mentioned in the first paragraph of this article L. 5212-24.The population threshold determined i…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions

Article L5842-8

…ir creation, the communities of communes and the communities of agglomeration of French Polynesia receive an allocation in respect of the inter-municipality grant deducted from the inter-municipality…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE V: COMMUNITY ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICES

Article LO6251-8

The empowerment granted by the law or by the decree to the territorial council expires at the end of a period of two years from its publication.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II : The President of the Territorial Council and the Executive Council

Article LO6222-8

On a proposal from the President, the Territorial Council may decide to terminate the duties of a Vice-President; it then elects his or her successor under the conditions laid down in Article LO 6222-…

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