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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: The Board of Directors and General Management

Article L22-10-16

…ated market, the remuneration of the Chairman of the Board of Directors elected pursuant to Article L. 225-47 is determined in accordance with the conditions set out in article L. 22-10-8.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: The Board of Directors and General Management

Article L22-10-11

…re admitted to trading on a regulated market, the report mentioned in the last paragraph of article L. 225-37 state and, where applicable, explain the following items where they are likely to have an…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: The Board of Directors and General Management

Article L22-10-14

…located to directors as remuneration for their activity, pursuant to the first paragraph of Article L. 225-45, is determined in accordance with the conditions set out in article L. 22-10-8.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Financial penalties imposed by the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé (French National Agency for the Safety of Medicines and Health Products)

Article L5471-1

…e santé may impose a financial penalty on the perpetrator of a breach of the provisions of articles L. 5421-8 , L. 5422-18 , L. 5423-8 , L. 5423-9, L. 5426-2 , L. 5438-1 , L. 5461-9 and L. 5462-8 , ex…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Delegated federations

Article L131-16-1

Access by a delegated sports federation to personal information relating to gambling transactions, with a view to the implementation of a possible sanction procedure against a player in a sports compe…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Expenditure

Article L5217-12-1

…ervices and metropolitan hygiene and health services under the conditions provided for by l'article L. 1422-1 of the public health code if the metropolitan authority exercises this competence; 11° The…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope of application.

Article L2411-1

…article L. 515-36 du code de l'environnement ou mentionnée à l'article L. 211-2 du code minier; 9° Membre d'…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Budgets and accounts

Article L4425-19

The certified accounts of the bodies mentioned in 4° of Article L. 4425-18 are transmitted to the Corsican regional authority. They are communicated by the Corsican regional authority to the elected m…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter II: Safety at sporting events

Article L332-15

…ntity and photograph of persons having been sentenced to an additional penalty pursuant to articles L. 332-11 to L. 332-13 . It may communicate them to the supporters' associations mentioned in articl…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Transparency and disclosure requirements

Article L326-1

…the provision of social, cultural or educational services, in particular in application of article L. 324-17. These reports are made public and sent to the Minister of Culture and to the Commission d…

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