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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IX: The European Company

Article L229-8

The general meetings of the European Company shall be subject to the rules laid down in Section 3 of Chapter V of this Title in so far as they are compatible with the aforementioned Council Regulation…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Powers of the Lyon Metropolitan Area

Article L3641-8

The metropolis of Lyon is automatically substituted, for the competences set out in articles L. 3641-1 et L. 3641-2, to the syndicat de communes or the syndicat mixte whose perimeter is identical to i…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Provisions adapting Book I.

Article L951-8

For the application of article L. 145-6, the words: "the evacuation of premises included in a sector or perimeter provided for in articles L. 313-4 and L. 313-4-2 of the town planning code" are replac…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: National Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health Safety

Article L1313-8

The Agency employs staff governed by titles II, III or IV of the general status of civil servants as well as the staff mentioned in 1° and 2° of article L. 6152-1, teachers at the national veterinary…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Regional Intervention Fund

Article L1435-8

A regional intervention fund finances, by decision of the regional health agencies, actions, experiments and, where appropriate, structures contributing to :1° Promoting health and preventing illness,…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Obligations of directors and shareholders of market undertakings

Article L421-8

Members of the administrative, management and supervisory bodies, managers, employees and agents of market undertakings are bound by professional secrecy.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Offences committed by the employer or his delegate.

Article L4741-8

Employing minors in habitual begging, either openly or under the guise of a profession, is punishable by the penalties set out in articles 225-12-6 and 227-29 of the Criminal Code.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Special provisions for certain transfers

Article L1614-8

Financial compensation for the investment costs of ports transferred pursuant to the first paragraph of Article 6 of Law no. 83-663 of 22 July 1983 supplementing Law no. 83-8 of 7 January 1983 relatin…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5141-8

I.-1. A fee relating to the veterinary medicinal products mentioned in this Title shall be levied by the National Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health Safety, within the limit of the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Biomedicine

Article L1418-8

The procedures for applying the provisions of this chapter shall be determined by decree in the Conseil d'Etat, which shall in particular lay down : 1° The administrative, budgetary, financial and acc…

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