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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The Board of Directors of the Executive Board.

Article L225-21

…rvisory board memberships held by this person in controlled companies within the meaning of Article L. 233-16 by the company of which it is a director. For the application of the provisions of this ar…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Governance

Article L224-21

…Where this list includes assets other than units in the company mutual funds mentioned in article L. 214-164, the plan rules provide for the setting up of a supervisory committee made up of represen…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 5: Subscription, purchase or pledge by companies of their own shares.

Article L225-210

…or the Management Board, as the case may be, are required, under the conditions set out in Article L. 225-251 and the first paragraph of Article L. 225-256 to pay up the shares.The acquisition of sha…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Open-ended employment contracts

Article L1254-21

…ach service agreed between the supported employee and the client company mentioned in 5° of Article L. 1254-23; 2° Where applicable, the methods for deducting professional expenses; 3° A description o…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 2: Powers exercised on behalf of the municipality.

Article L2122-21

…of animals of non-domestic species for at least one of the reasons mentioned in 1° to 5° of article L. 427-6 of the Environment Code and to request, under the conditions set out in article L. 427-5 of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Supplementary provisions

Article L3122-21

…ular after verification of the compensation granted to them under the obligation defined in Article L. 3122-8 and of the existence of break times, in accordance with the procedures laid down by decree…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV bis : The Great Customary Council of the Amerindian and Bushinenge populations

Article L7124-21

The Board of Directors of the public establishment provided for in Article L. 7124-19 is composed, in addition to its chairman, of:1° One third of representatives of the customary grand council of the…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 1: Foreign nationals volunteering in France

Article L426-21

…of the applicant;4° The applicant is in possession of the long-stay visa mentioned in 1° of article L. 411-1;5° The applicant has given a written undertaking to leave the country at the end of his/her…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions applicable to disabled workers employed in an ordinary working environment.

Article L323-21

…he procedures for applying the provisions of this article to the public bodies mentioned in article L. 323-2 shall be determined by regulation.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IIIb: Medical regulation assistants

Article L4393-21

…he Agreement on the European Economic Area who, without possessing the diploma mentioned in article L. 4393-19, hold : 1° Evidence of formal qualifications issued by one or more Member States or parti…

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