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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: The company pension savings plan

Article D224-9

In the absence of a company time savings account, the employee may, up to a limit of ten days per year, pay the sums corresponding to days of rest not taken into the company pension savings plan. Annu…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Approval, transfer and cessation of business.

Article R522-9

Where the approval of a warehouse as a general shop is the subject of a decree or ministerial order, a copy of this decree or ministerial order shall be notified by the prefect to the Fédération natio…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Continuation of the business.

Article R622-9

At the end of each observation period set by the court and, at any time, at the request of the public prosecutor or the official receiver, the debtor shall inform the latter, the administrator if one…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Companies of statutory auditors

Article R822-97

Companies of statutory auditors other than sociétés civiles professionnelles are subject to the provisions of subsections 1 and 3 of this section.

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Territorial mental health project

Article R3224-9

I. - The priority of the territorial mental health project is to organise the conditions for respecting and promoting the rights of people with mental disorders, to strengthen their power to decide an…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Meetings

Article L7222-9

The Martinique Assembly meets on the initiative of its President, at least once every three months, at the administrative centre of the territorial community or at any other location chosen by its Bur…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 8: Appearance on preliminary recognition of guilt

Article 495-9

When, in the presence of his lawyer, the person accepts the proposed sentence or sentences, he is immediately brought before the president of the judicial court or the judge delegated by him, to whom…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L122-9

Any private individual who exclusively or jointly controls a sports company or exercises significant influence over it, within the meaning ofArticle L.233-17-2 of the French Commercial Code, is prohib…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VII: Simplified joint stock companies.

Article L227-9

The Articles of Association determine the decisions that must be taken collectively by the shareholders in the forms and under the conditions that they provide. However, the powers vested in the extra…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Withholding

Article L722-9

In addition to the cases provided for by European Union regulations, the customs administration may, at the written request of a person authorised to use a geographical indication or of any organisati…

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