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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Information system concerning jobseekers and employees

Article R5312-39

As part of the purposes mentioned in Article R. 5312-38, Pôle emploi also provides a teleservice enabling people to complete, via a personal space on the Pôle emploi website or via any other informati…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Articles of association, share capital, shares.

Article R4381-33

…isions restricting the free disposal of their assets ; 2° The term for which the company is formed; 3° The address of the registered office; 4° The nature and separate valuation of each of the contrib…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Obligation to declare

Article R5125-37

…king in the pharmacy and the measure of its overall activity, within the meaning of article R. 5125-37-1, over the previous calendar year. The declaration of activity isolates, on the one hand, the am…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Polling stations

Article R7343-39

…dent of the Paris Court of Appeal from among serving or honorary judicial judges or court officers; 3° A secretary appointed by the Director General of the Autorité des relations sociales des platefor…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Investor guarantees

Article L322-3

…ula for apportioning the annual contributions payable by the institutions referred to in Article L. 322-1 and the minimum amount payable by each member. The contribution base is made up of the value o…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Report presenting the procedure carried out by the purchasers

Article R2384-3

…gue procedure; 2° The reasons for using a framework agreement with a term of more than seven years; 3° The rea sons for excee di ng the terms provided for in articles R. 2322-8 and R. 2322-12; 4° Any…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 4: European Union regulations constituting implementing measures for article L. 412-1

Article R412-39

…ticles 8, 9, 11 to 19, paragraph 1 of Article 20, paragraphs 1 to 7 of Article 21, Articles 22 and 23, paragraphs 5 and 6 of Article 24, paragraph 4 of Article 25 of Regulation (EC) No 767/2009 of the…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Single subsection: Organisation and operation

Article R121-36

…revenue and expenditure;2° He/she represents the Office in legal proceedings and in all civil acts;3° He/she recruits, appoints and manages the Office's permanent and temporary staff;4° He/she chairs…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Revenue

Article L3662-3

…owing the creation of the Lyon metropolis.II. - The protocol provided for in I shall be drawn up by 31 December 2014 at the latest by the local commission responsible for assessing the costs and resou…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE II: THE TERRITORIAL COLLECTIVITY OF CORSICA

Article L4421-3

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