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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Election campaign and voting operations

Article R4031-34-2

…the voting system and identifying himself in accordance with the procedures set out in article R. 4031-34-1, casts and validates his vote. This operation triggers the sending of a dematerialised ballo…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Election campaign and voting operations

Article R4031-34-4

…ng panel open the electronic ballot box publicly by activating the keys referred to in article R. 4031-34-2. The ballot box may only be opened if at least four keys have been activated, each by the me…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Obligation to file a draft public offer

Article L433-3

…reement on the European Economic Area, acting alone or in concert within the meaning of Article L. 233-10 of the Commercial Code, coming to hold, directly or indirectly, more than three tenths of the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Common provisions

Article L2511-39

…iture shall be carried out on an adversarial basis by the committee provided for in article L. 2511-36; if the mayor of the municipality, the mayor of Paris or the mayor of the arrondissement does not…

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

Article R1112-3

To take part in the campaign for the referendum, groups of elected representatives, political parties and groupings that meet the conditions laid down in article LO 1112-10 submit a request for author…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Composition

Article R6143-3

…establishments operating within a local authority area :-the mayor of the municipality in which the main establishment is located, or the representative he or she appoints, and another representative…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Obligations of directors and shareholders of market undertakings

Article L421-7-3

…Where a market undertaking is controlled, directly or indirectly, within the meaning ofArticle L. 233-3 of the Commercial Code, by another market undertaking, the AMF may grant an exemption from the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Operating grant

Article R2315-31-1

…may be transferred to the budget for social and cultural activities in accordance with article L. 2315-61, up to a limit of 10% of this surplus. This sum and the arrangements for its use are recorded…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Registration

Article R822-3

The professional training period provided for in 5° of Article L. 822-1-1 is for a period of three years. It is open to persons who meet the conditions for taking the certificate of aptitude for the d…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE VI: FINANCIAL AND ACCOUNTING PROVISIONS

Article D3661-3

The chapters of the budgets voted by nature correspond:a) Investment section :- to each of the two-digit accounts in classes 1 and 2 open to the nomenclature by nature, with the exception of the accou…

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