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

Article L22-10-8

…rehensible manner within the corporate governance report mentioned in the last paragraph of Article L. 225-37. The content and procedures for disclosing the remuneration policy are set by decree in th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Creation procedure

Article L2113-8-1

…had fewer than 1,000 inhabitants, the deputies are elected under the conditions set out in Article L. 2122-7.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Injunctions, emergency measures and other measures

Article L621-13-8

…ité des marchés financiers may order the suspension or dismissal of a person referred to in Article L. 421-7, if that person no longer fulfils the conditions laid down in that Article for the exercise…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4a: Temporary open-ended employment contract

Article L1251-58-8

For the application of article L. 2314-20, the length of time spent in the company is calculated by adding together the periods during which the employee does or does not carry out an assignment when…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: The Management Board and the Supervisory Board.

Article L225-88-1

…r, if any, for the purposes of drawing up the report provided for in the third paragraph of Article L. 225-88.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Counterfeiting litigation

Article L716-4-8

…a seizure for infringement has not previously been ordered under the conditions set out in article L. 716-4-7.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Recovery of undue benefits.

Article L5426-8-1

…aid by Pôle emploi, on its own behalf, on behalf of the State or the employers mentioned in Article L. 5424-1, Pôle emploi may, if the debtor does not dispute the undue nature thereof, make deductions…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Combating the presence of lead

Article L1334-8-1

…work to remove insalubrities to carry out a lead exposure risk assessment as referred to in article L. 1334-5 in buildings used for residential purposes built before 1st January 1949.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Commission du contentieux du stationnement payant (Pay parking disputes commission)

Article L2333-87-7

…illegality on formal or procedural grounds of the deliberation instituting, on the basis of article L. 2333-87, a parking charge; 2° The illegality of the act by which, where applicable, the collectio…

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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 L1233-57-8

…nistrative authority competent to take the homologation or validation decision mentioned in article L. 1233-57-1 is that of the place where the company or establishment concerned by the collective red…

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