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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Public limited companies.

Article L225-270

I.-When a société anonyme à participation ouvrière falls into the situation referred to in Article L. 225-248, and its dissolution has not been declared, the Extraordinary General Meeting may decide,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon.

Article L1425-2

For the application of the provisions of this code in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon :1° The reference to the President of the Territorial Council replaces the reference to the President of the Departmental…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 6: Master and feeder general purpose investment funds

Article L214-24-58

The feeder general-purpose investment fund shall enter into an information exchange agreement with the master AIF or UCITS. However, this agreement may be replaced by internal conduct of business rule…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 6: Master and feeder general purpose investment funds

Article L214-24-60

The statutory auditors of the feeder general-purpose investment fund, the AIF or the master UCITS shall exchange the information necessary to fulfil their respective obligations.The General Regulation…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 6: Master and feeder general purpose investment funds

Article L214-24-57

I. - The articles of association or fund rules of a general-purpose investment fund known as a "feeder general-purpose investment fund" may stipulate that all of its assets are invested in shares or u…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 6: Master and feeder general purpose investment funds

Article L214-24-59

I. - When the feeder general-purpose investment fund and the master AIF or UCITS do not have the same depositary, their depositaries shall enter into an information exchange agreement in order to ensu…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 6: Master and feeder general purpose investment funds

Article L214-24-61

The feeder general-purpose investment fund shall monitor the activity of the master AIF or UCITS. In order to fulfil this obligation, it may rely on the information and documents received from the mas…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 4 : Digital equipment for cinemas cinematographic establishments

Article L213-22

The digital projection equipment and digital files or data referred to in article L. 213-16, their conditions of use and the operating logs referred to in article L. 213-21 comply with ISO internation…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Changes in share capital and employee share ownership.

Article L225-203

The Board of Directors or the Management Board, as the case may be, shall make the necessary amendments to the clauses of the Articles of Association, insofar as these amendments correspond materially…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Criminal provisions.

Article L2146-2

Failure by an employer to comply with the provisions of articles L. 2141-5 to L. 2141-8, relating to trade union discrimination, is punishable by a fine of 3,750 euros. A repeat offence is punishable…

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