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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter V: French sub-account of the pan-European individual retirement savings product

Article L225-3

The French sub-account of the pan-European individual retirement savings product must be able to receive the deposits mentioned in 1° of Article L. 224-2. Payments are made in cash. The second paragra…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Formation with a public offer other than one of those mentioned in 1° or 2° of Article L. 411-2 of the Monetary and Financial Code or in Article L. 411-2-1 of the Monetary and Financial Code.

Article L225-3

The capital must be fully subscribed. Cash shares are paid up, at the time of subscription, by at least half of their nominal value. The remainder is paid up in one or more instalments by decision of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter V: French sub-account of the pan-European individual retirement savings product

Article R225-3

In order to implement the transfer of rights referred to in the second paragraph of article L. 225-3, the manager of the retirement savings plan has two months in which to send the provider of the Fre…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Shareholders' meetings

Article A225-3

I. - In order to issue its reasoned opinion referred to in a of II of Article R. 225-105-2, the independent third-party body shall ensure that the company has put in place collection processes to ensu…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Waiver of limitation.

Article 2253

Creditors, or any other person with an interest in prescription being acquired, may set it up against or invoke it even when the debtor waives it.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Shareholders' meetings.

Article R225-105-3

I.-The thresholds provided for in the first paragraph of I of Article L. 225-102-3 are set at 20 million euros for total assets, 40 million euros for net sales and 250 for the average number of employ…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 5: Subscription, purchase or pledge by companies of their own shares.

Article L225-208

Companies which allow their employees to share in their results by allocating their shares, those which allocate their shares under the conditions provided for in articles L. 225-197-1 to L. 225-197-3…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Determining the mode and timetable of the investigation.

Article 225

The decision ordering the enquiry shall specify whether it will take place before the trial panel, before a member of that panel or, if necessary, before any other judge of the court.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Shareholders' meetings

Article L22-10-37

By way of derogation from the second and third sentences of IV of Article L. 225-102-3, issuers mentioned in I and II of Article L. 451-1-2 of the Monetary and Financial Code and subject to the obliga…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Supervision of the activities of officers and agents of the judicial police

Article 225

The matter is referred to it either by the public prosecutor or by its chairman.It may be referred to it of its own motion when examining the proceedings referred to it.

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