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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: The decision or opinion of the departmental committee.

Article R752-10-1

For any retail development project involving a sales area of between 3,000 m2 and 10,000 m2 and once the application file has been registered, the secretariat of the departmental commission forwards t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 5: Salaried employees

Article R743-139-19

After hearing the parties and the president of the Conseil national des greffiers des tribunaux de commerce in adversarial proceedings and provoking any explanations or communication of useful documen…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 5: Salaried employees

Article R743-139-16

The retirement of an employed commercial court clerk, the contractual termination of his employment contract or his resignation shall be brought to the attention of the Keeper of the Seals, Minister o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions applicable to professional non-trading companies

Article R814-122-1

The majority required to approve one of the transactions mentioned in the first paragraph of article 27 of Law no. 66-879 of 29 November 1966 relating to professional non-trading companies is that pro…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Companies of court-appointed administrators and agents

Article R814-146-1

The company is formed under the suspensive condition of its registration on the national list of judicial administrators provided for by Article L. 811-2 or on the national list of judicial representa…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Statutory audit, other engagements and services performed by statutory auditors

Article R823-17-1

For engagements other than the certification of accounts and for services, an engagement letter must be drawn up by the parties prior to the performance of the engagement or service. In particular, it…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Formalities

Article A444-172-1

Procedures concerning the obtaining and verification of a measurement certificate or a document making up the technical diagnostic file give rise to the collection of a fixed fee in accordance with th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Provisions specific to the communes of Marseille and Lyon

Article R2513-14-1

For the application of Chapter V "External fire defence" of Title II of Book II of Part Two to the commune of Marseille and within the intervention perimeter defined in article R. 2513-5, the words: "…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Organisation of the commune.

Article D2573-13-1

Where, as a result of the implementation of a construction programme, the observed change in the population of a commune in French Polynesia meets the following formula:B + C greater than or equal to…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Community of communes

Article R5214-1-1

When a syndicate of communes is included in its entirety within the perimeter of a community of communes called upon to exercise all the competences of this public establishment, or when the perimeter…

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