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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Shareholders' meetings.

Article L225-100

I.-An Ordinary General Meeting is held at least once a year, within six months of the end of the financial year, unless this period is extended by court order. If the Ordinary General Meeting has not…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Civil actions

Article L615-10

…r either the cessation or interruption of exploitation or the confiscation provided for in Articles L. 615-3 et L. 615-7-1. If an expert appraisal or description with or without actual seizure as prov…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Extemporaneous preparation and retail sale.

Article L5442-10

…es are punishable by two years' imprisonment and a fine of 150,000 euros:1° Any person prescribing veterinary medicinal products or medicated feedstuffs to animals for which they do not personally pro…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Trade union representation at national and cross-industry level

Article L2122-10

…al colleges in which its statutory rules entitle it to present candidates, provided that it:1° It meets the criteria of Article L. 2121-1 and 2° of Article L. 2122-9;2° it has received at least 8% of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Counting of votes and declaration of results (R)

Article R1112-10

…publicly proclaimed by the president of the first polling station and immediately posted by the mayor. A copy of the minutes, to which are attached with their annexes the minutes of the voting operati…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Traditional herbal medicinal products

Article R5121-107-10

…a registration in the same cases and according to the same procedures as those laid down for a marketing authorisation in Article R. 5121-47. It shall immediately inform the European Medicines Agency…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Procedure for authorising the import and export of elements or products of the human body mentioned in Article R. 1245-1 for therapeutic purposes, as provided for in the first and third paragraphs of II of Article L. 1245-5.

Article R1245-10

I. - Natural or legal persons holding the authorisation referred to in Article R. 1245-7 inform the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé of their decision to cease all o…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Subsection 4: Disputes

Article R211-10

Disputes are brought before the enforcement judge in the place where the debtor lives.

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 4: Offers

Article R3126-10

Article R. 3124-5 does not apply to concession contracts covered by this chapter.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Authorisation

Article R1231-10

…and potential recipients who have consented to cross-donation of organs, mentioned in 7° of article L. 1418-1, as well as a copy of the authorisation for removal granted by the committee of experts, w…

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