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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VI: Safeguard plan.

Article L626-10

The plan designates the persons required to implement it and mentions all the commitments made by them that are necessary to safeguard the business. It mentions separately the cash contributions of th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Evaluation, accreditation and analysis of hospital activity.

Article L6113-10-1

The grouping referred to in Article L. 6113-10 is subject to the provisions of Chapter II of Law No. 2011-525 of 17 May 2011 on simplifying and improving the quality of law, subject to the following p…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: The mayor and deputy mayors

Article L2122-10

The mayor and deputy mayors are elected for the same term as the municipal council.However, in communes of 1,000 inhabitants or more, the term of office of the mayor and deputy mayors ends automatical…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Combating the international spread of disease.

Article L3115-10

Under the conditions set out in II of article L. 3131-17, the State representative may, by means of a reasoned order, take any individual measure to combat the international spread of disease, in part…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Professional representation

Article L7111-10

Where the branch agreement or the agreement only concerns professional journalists and persons treated as such, its validity is subject to its being signed by one or more representative employee trade…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Management and administration

Article L22-10-17

In companies whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market, the remuneration of the Chief Executive Officer and Deputy Chief Executive Officers referred to in Article L. 225-53 is determi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Management and administration

Article L22-10-14

In companies whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market, the distribution of the sum allocated to directors as remuneration for their activity, pursuant to the first paragraph of Artic…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Trade union meetings.

Article L2142-10

…et once a month within the company, outside the working premises, in accordance with the procedures laid down by agreement with the employer. The trade union sections may invite prominent trade union…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Offences committed by a person other than the employer or his delegate.

Article L4741-10

In the event of a conviction pursuant to article L. 4741-9, the court may order, as an additional penalty, that the judgment be posted at the doors of the convicted person's establishments, at the lat…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Consultation with the State

Article L1311-10

These proposed property transactions include: 1° Leases, amicable agreements and agreements of any kind for the purpose of renting buildings of any kind for an annual rent, including charges, equal to…

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