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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6a: Equity savings plan for financing small and medium-sized enterprises and mid-cap companies

Article L221-32-1

…o in the first paragraph is also the holder of a plan referred to in the first paragraph of article L. 221-30, the total cash payments made into these two plans since they were opened may not exceed t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General principles

Article L1111-3-2

…isse nationale de l'assurance maladie and more generally by the public service mentioned in Article L. 1111-1.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Preliminary chapter: Human rights

Article L1110-3-1

…nuity of care must be ensured whatever the circumstances, under the conditions laid down in article L. 6315-1 of this Code.The procedures for applying this article are laid down by decree in the Conse…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Flat-rate grant.

Article L2334-7-3

…December 2013 on the finances for 2014 or, failing that, from the twelfths provided for in article L. 2332-2 and in II of l'article 46 de la loi n° 2005-1719 du 30 décembre 2005 de finances pour 2006…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Economic rights

Article L122-5-3

I.-Text and data mining, within the meaning of 10° of Article L. 122-5, means the implementation of a technique for the automated analysis of texts and data in digital form in order to extract informa…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Tasks of healthcare institutions.

Article L6111-3-1

I.- Local hospitals are public or private healthcare establishments, or identified sites within these establishments. They provide the first level of the gradation of hospital care and refer patients…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 2: Etablissements publics de coopération intercommunale dotés d'une fiscalité propre.

Article L5211-35-1

I. - As from 1st January 2001, notwithstanding the provisions of article L. 2332-2, before its budget is voted, the newly-created public establishment of intercommunal cooperation subject to the provi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Infringements of market transparency

Article L465-3-6

…rved a statement of objections in respect of the same facts and the same person pursuant to Article L. 621-15.The Autorité des marchés financiers may not issue a statement of objections against a pers…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Specialist committees

Article L533-31-4

…hall set up a compensation committee. Branches of third-country undertakings referred to in Article L. 532-48 that are large in relation to their size are required to provide evidence of the existence…

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

Article L225-36-1

The company's Articles of Association determine the rules governing the convening and deliberations of the Board of Directors. When it has not met for more than two months, at least one third of the m…

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