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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions.

Article R712-18-1

…of the new chamber may collect revenue and authorise expenditure under the conditions mentioned in 1° to 4° of article R. 712-18 taking as a reference the aggregate of the initial budgets or latest a…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Death certificate

Article R2213-1-1

I. - The certificate provided for in Article L. 2223-42 includes:1° An administrative section comprising:a) The commune of death;b) The date and time of death;c) The surname, first names, date of birt…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R23-112-10

…he model documents required for the appointment of the representative provided for in article R. 23-112-12 and the members of the cross-industry regional joint committees.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions

Article R23-112-1

No later than one month prior to the setting up or renewal of the regional joint cross-industry committees, the Minister responsible for labour shall determine the number of seats allocated per commit…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Public policy

Article D3142-1-1

The bereavement leave provided for in article L. 3142-1-1 may be split into two periods. Each period shall last at least one day.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R3115-15-1

I. - The military ports mentioned in article R. 3223-61 of the French Defence Code and the military airfields on a list drawn up by order of the Minister for Defence are points of entry subject to the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article R743-139-1

Salaried commercial court registrars are subject to the legislative and regulatory provisions relating to the exercise of the functions of commercial court registrar by natural persons, to the ethics…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: The constitution.

Article R814-109-1

…ion of its registration on the national list of judicial administrators provided for by Article L. 811-2 or on the national list of judicial representatives provided for by article L. 812-2.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R2564-1-1

For its application in Mayotte, article R. 2123-5 is worded as follows:"Art. R. 2123-5.-I.-The duration of the hours credit for one quarter is equal to:" 1° To one hundred and fifty-six hours for mayo…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Equalisation allowance

Article R3443-1-1

For the application of Article L. 3443-1, the total national population corresponds to the municipal population of all the départements, the collectivity of Saint-Martin and the territorial collectivi…

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