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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Guarantee for sureties

Article L313-50-1

…uarantee commitments covered by the guarantee. It is subject to the incapacities set out in article L. 500-1.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: General authorisation conditions

Article L5125-5-1

…ctivity of the pharmacy or pharmacies concerned is recorded under the conditions set out in article L. 5125-22.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Employee information

Article L1233-57-11

…ter the meeting of the central company social and economic committee held in application of article L. 1233-57-9.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Protection.

Article L4623-5-3

…ded in a partial transfer of a prevention and occupational health service by application of article L. 1224-1 may only take place after authorisation by the labour inspector to whom the prevention and…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Intervention by the administrative authority concerning undertakings subject to the obligation to draw up an employment safeguard plan.

Article L1233-57-4

…lidation decision within fifteen days of receipt of the collective agreement referred to in article L. 1233-24-1 and the homologation decision within twenty-one days of receipt of the complete documen…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Capital increases

Article L22-10-52

As an exception to the second paragraph of article L. 225-136, for companies whose equity securities are admitted to trading on a regulated market and insofar as the equity securities to be issued imm…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 4: Operating rules

Article L214-24-50

…the amount of interest, arrears, premiums and lots, dividends, remuneration provided for in article L. 225-45 of the Commercial Code and all other income relating to the securities in the portfolio, p…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: End of the research period

Article L1233-57-20

Before the end of the information and consultation procedure provided for in article L. 1233-30, if no takeover offer has been received or if the employer has not wished to take up any of the offers,…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Prudential provisions

Article L511-50-1

…the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution to oppose the appointment, pursuant to Article L. 612-23-1, the Board may, between two General Meetings, make provisional appointments.Where the op…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Customs detention

Article L716-8-5

…suspected of infringing a registered trademark is implemented after a request mentioned in Article L. 716-8 has been accepted, goods transported in small consignments suspected of infringing a regist…

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