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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Organisation and operation.

Article R822-85

If the reserves constituted by undistributed profits or capital gains due to the members' industry allow it, the share capital is periodically increased. The shares created for this purpose are distri…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Organisation and operation.

Article R822-86

A shareholder may only transfer all or part of his shares to a third party outside the company if the transferee is first approved by the company under the conditions set out in premier alinéa de l'ar…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Organisation and operation.

Article R822-87

If the company refuses to approve the transferee, it shall notify, within a period of six months from the notification of its refusal, in the forms provided for in the previous article, in the same fo…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Organisation and operation.

Article R822-80

The Articles of Association set the number of votes each partner has. A partner may give a written mandate to another partner to represent him at the meeting. The meeting may only validly deliberate i…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Organisation and operation.

Article R822-88

…ember 1966, it shall notify the company of its decision in one of the forms provided for in article R. 822-86. The company has six months from the date of this notification to notify the shareholder,…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Organisation and operation.

Article R822-83

…submitted to the members' meeting for approval within six months of the close of each financial year. To this end, they shall be sent to each member, together with the text of the proposed resolution…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Green Spaces Agency.

Article R4413-8

Board members perform their duties free of charge. Board members who do not reside in the town where the Board of Directors meets may receive travel and subsistence allowances calculated in accordance…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Organisation and composition

Article R7124-8

The term of office of a member who loses the capacity by virtue of which he or she was appointed or who is deprived of the right to vote expires by operation of law.The resignation of a member is rece…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Organisation and composition

Article R7226-8

The term of office of a member who loses the capacity by virtue of which he or she was appointed or who is deprived of the right to vote expires by operation of law.The resignation of a member is rece…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Personal protective equipment

Article R4313-80

…nal manufacturing control procedure known as the EC self-certification procedure defined by article R. 4313-20 Personal protective equipment that is new or considered to be new and whose purpose is to…

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