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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Public limited companies.

Article L225-218

The Ordinary General Meeting may appoint one or more statutory auditors under the conditions set out in Articles L. 225-228 and L. 22-10-66. Companies which, at the end of a financial year, exceed the…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter III: Immunities, safeguards and obligations of customs officials.

Article 59 septdecies

Customs and excise officials and the other persons mentioned in Article L. 5112-1-22 of the Transport Code may disclose to each other, either spontaneously or on request, all documents and information…

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

Article L225-210

The company may not own, directly or through a person acting in its own name but on behalf of the company, more than 10% of its total own shares, nor more than 10% of a given class. These shares must…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Organisation and tasks of the network of Chambers of Commerce and Industry

Article L711-21

Public law employees placed at the disposal of a consular higher education establishment choose whether to exercise their right to vote and stand as a candidate in elections for staff representatives…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Electorate and eligibility.

Article L2314-21

In wage portage companies, the seniority conditions are, for wage portage employees, three months to be eligible to vote and six months to be eligible to stand for election. These conditions are asses…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: General shops

Article L522-21

The chairmen, managers, directors and staff of general shop operations are, under the penalties provided for in Article 226-13 of the Penal Code, are bound by professional secrecy in all matters relat…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: The Executive Council and the Chairman of the Executive Council

Article L4422-21

In the event of the seat of President of the Corsican Executive Council becoming vacant for any reason whatsoever, its functions shall be temporarily exercised by an Executive Councillor chosen in the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: Financial provisions

Article L4425-21

The regional audit chamber participates in the audit of the budgetary acts of the territorial collectivity of Corsica and its public establishments and audits their accounts, under the conditions prov…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Contributions and allowances

Article L5424-21

Workers who are unemployed and who have exhausted their unemployment insurance rights under the specific provisions relating to performing artists and to workers and technicians in sound recording, fi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Possibility of an agreement and specific terms and conditions resulting therefrom.

Article L1233-21

By way of derogation from the rules on consultation of employee representative bodies laid down in this Title and in Book III of Part Two, a company, group or branch agreement may lay down the terms a…

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