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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Conditions for authorisation.

Article R1243-18

…organisations have the equipment described in the rules of good practice provided for in article L. 1245-6, enabling them to guarantee the quality, health safety and traceability of tissues, their der…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VI: Safeguard plan.

Article L626-32

I.-Where the plan is not approved in accordance with the provisions of article L. 626-30-2, it may be adopted by the court at the request of the debtor or the court-appointed administrator with the ag…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Provisions relating to the management of the guarantee fund for risks associated with the agricultural spreading of urban or industrial sewage sludge.

Article R424-6

…sewage sludge are invested by Caisse Centrale de Réassurance in the assets mentioned in Article R. 332-2. When the amounts capitalised by the fund are less than 15 million euros, the assets are inves…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Supervision of groups on a consolidated basis

Article R613-4-1

Where the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution delegates, pursuant to Article L. 613-21-6, its responsibility for the supervision of a subsidiary to the competent authorities that have aut…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Allocation of seats to professional employers' organizations

Article R23-112-6

…tion of the seats of each regional cross-industry joint committee provided for in 2° of article L. 23-112-1 takes into account, for the assessment of the employers' audience, the number of member comp…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Allocation of seats to professional employers' organizations

Article R23-112-9

When the number of member undertakings retained in the professional and territorial area of competence of a commission is less than twice the number of seats to be filled for this commission, the memb…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Allocation of seats to professional employers' organizations

Article R23-112-8

In the event of a tie between two or more organisations after application of article R. 23-112-7, the seat is awarded to the professional employers' organisation with the largest number of member comp…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Allocation of seats to professional employers' organizations

Article R23-112-7

The seats are allocated to the professional employers' organisations mentioned in 2° of article L. 23-112-1 in proportion to the results obtained in application of article R. 23-112-6 according to the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Administrative organisation (R)

Article R2221-67

The mayor appoints the director under the conditions set out in Article L. 2221-14. It shall terminate its functions in the same manner.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Administrative organisation (R)

Article R2221-68

The director is responsible for the operation of the régie's departments. To this end: 1° He prepares the budget; 2° He carries out, under the authority of the mayor, current sales and purchases, unde…

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