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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE XI: FINANCES OF THE TERRITORIAL COLLECTIVITY OF FRENCH GUYANA

Article L71-111-10

The surplus from the operating section for the financial year just ended, together with the previous result carried forward, is allocated in full at the earliest budgetary decision following the appro…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Fees charged by commercial court registrars

Article A743-10-1

Services relating to the register of beneficial owners give rise to the collection of a fixed fee in accordance with the table below: Service number (table 2 of article appendix 4-7) Sub-category Desc…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions relating to the enforcement of asset freezing orders issued by foreign authorities

Article 695-9-10

The investigating judge is competent to rule on requests to freeze assets as well as to execute them.

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter X: Information for employees in the event of the sale of their company

Article L23-10-4

The Articles L. 23-10-1 to L. 23-10-3 are applicable to the sale of a shareholding in a company that is subject to special regulations requiring all or part of its capital to be held by one or more me…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter X: Information for employees in the event of the sale of their company

Article L23-10-1

In companies which are not obliged to set up a works council pursuant to article L. 2322-1 of the French Labour Code, when the owner of a shareholding representing more than 50% of the shares in a lim…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Collection, preparation and storage of blood, blood components and labile blood products.

Article L1221-10-2

Any violation in a health establishment, in an army hospital or in one of the structures mentioned in 1° to 3° of article L. 1221-10 and due to the latter, of the legislative and regulatory requiremen…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: "ORSAN" system

Article R3131-10-4

SIVIC processing may only be linked with other personal data processing operations, with regard to the identifying data mentioned in 1° of article R. 3131-10-2, for the sole purpose of : 1° Ensuring r…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Provisions specific to public limited companies

Article L22-10-2

As an exception to article L. 225-1, for companies whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market or a multilateral trading facility, the number of shareholders may not be less than seven.…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Transfer and loss of rights

Article R613-44-10

The prosecution phase or the time limit laid down in the first paragraph of Article R. 613-44-8 shall be suspended: 1° At the written request of any person establishing that an action to claim ownersh…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Provisions specific to public limited companies

Article R22-10-2

The copy of the draft articles of association filed with the clerk of the commercial court of the place of the company's registered office is drawn up on plain paper and signed by the founders. It is…

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