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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article R4381-31

Deregistration may be ordered by the Director General of the Regional Health Agency if the company does not comply with the legislative or regulatory provisions governing non-trading professional comp…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Merger

Article L236-6

All companies involved in a merger draw up draft terms of merger.These draft terms are filed with the clerk of the commercial court of the registered office of the said companies to be appended to the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Local savings companies

Article L512-92

The local savings companies are cooperative companies, subject to the provisions of law no. 47-1775 of 10 September 1947 on the status of cooperation, subject to the provisions of this section. They c…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter III: Miscellaneous taxes

Article 235 ter ZC

…25 July 2013 amending the legal framework for asset management, professional private equity funds, sociétés de libre partenariat, regional development companies and financial innovation companies sha…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Cross-border transactions

Article R236-22

The companies involved in the merger that are registered in France shall file a notice of the proposed cross-border merger with the registry of the commercial court at their registered office. This no…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Composition.

Article L2353-7

The European Company Committee is made up of : 1° The manager of the European Company or his representative, assisted by two employees of his choice in an advisory capacity; 2° Staff representatives f…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Operation.

Article L2353-16

The annual meeting of the European Company Committee is convened by its Chairman on the basis of regular reports drawn up by him. These reports describe the development of the European Company's activ…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Subsidiaries, holdings and controlled companies

Article L233-31

Where shares or voting rights in a company are owned by one or more companies which it directly or indirectly controls, the voting rights attached to those shares or voting rights may not be exercised…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: General partnerships.

Article L221-15

The partnership shall terminate on the death of one of the partners, subject to the provisions of this Article. If it has been stipulated that in the event of the death of one of the partners, the par…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Income tax and corporation tax

Article 239 ter

I. - The provisions of 2 of article 206 are not applicable to non-trading companies created after the entry into force of law no. 64-1278 of 23 December 1964 and whose purpose is the construction of b…

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