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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Changes in share capital and employee share ownership

Article L22-10-64

Companies must declare to the Autorité des marchés financiers the transactions they intend to carry out pursuant to the provisions of article L. 22-10-62. This declaration is deemed to have been made…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Intervention by the family court

Article 373-2-6

…hout the authorisation of both parents is entered in the wanted persons file by the public prosecutor. He may, even of his own motion, order a penalty payment to ensure that his decision is enforced.…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Derogation from weekly working hours

Article D5132-43-6

…ablish that the situation of the person recruited presents the characteristics mentioned in article R. 5132-43-7 and justifies recourse to this derogation ;2° A document listing the support and traini…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Job search.

Article L5411-6-1

A personalised employment access project is drawn up and updated jointly by the jobseeker and Pôle emploi or, where provided for in an agreement with Pôle emploi, an organisation participating in the…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Health policy.

Article L1411-6-1

Newborn screening using medical biology tests, including genetic tests, constitutes a national health programme within the meaning ofarticle L. 1411-6. The procedures for organising this screening and…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Sub-title II: Courts with jurisdiction to prosecute, investigate and try crimes against humanity and war crimes and offences

Article 628-8-1

…tion proceedings referred to him, after obtaining the opinion of the anti-terrorist public prosecutor. Information communicated pursuant to this article may not be exchanged with foreign intelligence…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Acts relating mainly to the family

Article A444-69-1

I.-For donations or legacies mentioned in 1° and 2° of article R. 444-11-1, the applicable rate is, where applicable, reduced to 0.45% for the portion of the base equal to or greater than €60,000 if i…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK IV: Free pricing and competition.

Article L420-6-1

The directors, managers and other members of staff of the undertaking or association of undertakings who have played a personal and decisive role in the design, organisation or implementation of the p…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Multiannual contract of objectives and resources

Article D5213-63-1

…annual amount of aid paid to the adapted company under the financial envelope mentioned in article R. 5213-76 is calculated on the basis of a proportion of workers, excluding prisoners recognised as…

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 9: Certification of the accounts of public health institutions

Article D6145-61-7

…to the obligation to certify its accounts at the end of the six-year period provided for in article R. 6145-61-2.

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
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