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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Administration.

Article R4113-44

Apart from the cases provided for byarticle 19 of law no. 66-879 of 29 November 1966 relating to professional non-trading companies and by articles R. 4113-45, R. 4113-49 and R. 4113-79 imposing speci…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Provisions applicable to categories of securities being phased out

Article L212-6-1

The rules governing the creation of non-voting preference shares are set out in Articles L. 228-29-8 to L. 228-29-10 and L. 228-35-2 to L. 228-35-11 of the French Commercial Code.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Single chapter: Treatment of over-indebtedness

Article R771-1

…de droite du même tableau : ARTICLES APPLICABLES DANS LEUR REDACTION R. 711-2 Resulting from Decree no. 2016-884 of 29 June 2016 R. 712-2 to R. 712-11 Resulting from Decree no. 2016-884 of 29 June 201…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R355-3

…the sixth paragraph of Article L. 355-1, and without prejudice to the provisions of Article R. 352-29, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution may limit the regular communication of info…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Practice as a company

Article R422-33

…of receipt, to sell his shares under the conditions provided for in articles 19 and 21 de la loi du 29 novembre 1966 et aux articles R. 422-28 et R. 422-29. If, on expiry of this period, no assignment…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Provisions common to consumer credit and home loans

Article D351-6

…the same table: APPLICABLE ARTICLES IN THEIR REACTION D. 314-15 to D. 314-17 Resulting from decree no. 2016-884 of 29 June 2016 D. 314-22 and D. 314-23 Resulting from the decree no. 2022-894 of 15 Ju…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions specific to the Wallis and Futuna Islands

Article R734-13

…n the wording resulting from the decreeR. 151-1 and R. 151-2n° 2019-1590 of 31 December 2019R. 151-3No. 2020-892 of 22 July 2020R. 151-4 and R. 151-5no. 2019-1590 of 31 December 2019R. 151-6 and R. 15…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Pre-implementation and post-implementation aid committees

Article 211-143

A committee is responsible for examining applications for pre-production support for a director's second or third feature film. It has seven members, including two co-chairmen.

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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 General Tax CodeIn force
II: Tax on gaming houses

Article 1565 octies

The conditions for application of articles 1559 to 1565 septies as well as the rules relating to the communication of the accounts of establishments subject to the tax are determined by decrees of the…

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