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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Composition

Article R6156-53

A single polling station is set up for the elections to the national statutory commission. It shall comprise a chairman and a secretary appointed by the Director General of the Centre National de Gest…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Composition

Article R6156-55

The polling station records the total number of voters and determines the total number of valid votes cast and the number of votes obtained by each list. It shall determine the electoral quotient by d…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Composition

Article R6156-56

A report of the electoral operations is drawn up by the polling station and immediately sent to the Director General of the Centre National de Gestion and to the agents authorised to represent the lis…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Operation

Article R6156-59

Any staff representative who, during his term of office, no longer fulfils the conditions laid down in Article R. 6156-47 for sitting on the section for which he was elected or who has been dismissed…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Composition

Article R6156-57

For the purposes of measuring the representativeness of trade union organisations, where a joint list has been drawn up by trade union organisations, the votes cast are apportioned between them on the…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L132-5

The contract may provide either for remuneration proportional to the operating revenue or, in the cases provided for in articles L. 131-4 and L. 132-6, a flat fee.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter II: AUTOMATED PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA

Article L142-5

The procedures for applying this chapter are laid down, for each of the processing operations mentioned in articles

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 1: Provisions relating to the statutes of professional leagues

Article R132-5

The governing body referred to in article R. 132-4 meets at least three times a year. The articles of association of the professional league shall specify the rules governing the convening and deliber…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Conditions of professional competence

Article L512-5

The conditions of professional competence to be met by insurance or reinsurance intermediaries and ancillary insurance intermediaries who are natural persons acting in their own name, persons who dire…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions for approval

Article R212-50

The thresholds for admissions or receipts in a given catchment area and the thresholds for admissions and receipts at national level, mentioned in article L. 212-30, are assessed by grouping together…

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