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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Composition and formation

Article D6221-3

In the case provided for in Article LO 6221-3, the compulsory resignation of the members of the Territorial Council of Saint-Barthélemy is pronounced by the Administrative Court.The President of the T…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Composition and formation

Article D6321-3

In the case provided for in Article LO 6321-3, the compulsory resignation of the members of the Conseil territorial de Saint-Martin shall be pronounced by the administrative tribunal.The President of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Single registration

Article R546-3

…he principal who has issued a mandate to one of the persons mentioned in article L. 545-1 or in 2°, 3° and 4° of I of article R. 519-4 shall notify the body of the mandate issued, as soon as it takes…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Preliminary investigation

Article 75-3

…tended, three years. Where the investigation concerns crimes or offences mentioned in articles 706-73 or 706-73-1 or falling within the jurisdiction of the anti-terrorist public prosecutor, the two-ye…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 6: Mergers, demergers and partial contributions of assets between associations

Article 30-19

…the project and no later than the day of publication of the notice referred to in article appendix 30-18: 1° The documents referred to in article appendix 30-17 and, where applicable, the report of t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Statutory Auditors.

Article L820-3

…entities that control it or that are controlled by it, within the meaning of I and II of Article L. 233-3. Information on the total amount of fees received is included in the documents made available…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R355-3

Pursuant to the sixth paragraph of Article L. 355-1, and without prejudice to the provisions of Article R. 352-29, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution may limit the regular communicat…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Declaration of posting

Article R1263-3

…licable, his individual tax identification number for the purposes of liability to value added tax; 3° The surname, first names, sex, date and place of birth, address of usual residence and nationalit…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General duties of midwives.

Article R4127-318

…ce fitted by the anaesthetist and remove this device. III - Under the provisions of article L. 4151-3, the midwife is authorised to carry out the clinical and technical examinations prescribed by a do…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Limited liability companies.

Article L223-31

The first three paragraphs of Article L. 223-26 and Articles L. 223-27 to L. 223-30 do not apply to companies with only one member. In this case, the management report, the inventory and the annual ac…

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