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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2 : Management and administration of sociétés anonymes.

Article R225-40

When a transaction requires the authorisation of the Supervisory Board and the latter refuses it, the Management Board may submit the dispute to the General Meeting of Shareholders, which will decide…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2 : Management and administration of sociétés anonymes.

Article R225-41

The term of office of a Supervisory Board member expires at the end of the Ordinary General Meeting of shareholders called to approve the financial statements for the previous financial year and held…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2 : Management and administration of sociétés anonymes.

Article R225-48

The provisions of article R. 225-21 apply to the videoconferencing or telecommunication facilities referred to in the third paragraph of Article L. 225-82.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2 : Management and administration of sociétés anonymes.

Article R225-46

Unless otherwise stipulated in the Articles of Association, a member of the Supervisory Board may give a proxy, in writing, to another member to represent him or her at a meeting of the Board. Each me…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Chapter III: Resources and means

Article R1233-4

The agreements referred to in Article L. 1233-3 provide for: 1° The terms and conditions under which the agency's territorial delegate in the département is the sole point of contact for local and reg…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: The automated national criminal database for perpetrators of terrorist offences

Article R50-42

The prison administration shall without delay inform the public prosecutor of the place of conviction of the notification of obligations it has made in accordance with the fourth paragraph of Article…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Suspended probation

Article D546-4

Where the accused was not present at the hearing, the decision of the sentence enforcement judge provided for in the first paragraph of Article 741-2 must be made within four months of the date on whi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Other provisions

Article D632-4

The agreements mentioned in the fourth paragraph of article L. 632-16 are published in the Journal officiel de la République française.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Obligations relating to the fight against money laundering, the freezing of assets and prohibited lotteries and games

Article R773-41

I. - In application of 8° of article 6-2 of Organic Law no. 99-209 of 19 March 1999, subject to the adaptations provided for in II, articles R. 562-1 to R. 562-9 are applicable by operation of law in…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Obligations relating to the fight against money laundering, the freezing of assets and prohibited lotteries and games

Article R775-40

…ht-hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeR. 562-1n° 2021-387 of 2 April 2021R. 562-2No. 2018-264 of 9 April 2018R. 562-3n° 2021-387 of 2 April 2021R.…

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