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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Medals and honours

Article D1442-27

…of an industrial tribunal may attend, alongside the members of the court, the installation hearings and the formal hearing provided for in article…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Medals and honours

Article D1442-28

Former labour tribunal members who have been granted honorary status may not mention it in advertising or commercial correspondence, or in procedural or extra-judicial documents. In all other circumst…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Medals and honours

Article D1442-26

Honorary status may be conferred by order of the Minister of Justice to former chairmen and members of industrial tribunals who have served for twelve years. This order is made on the proposal of the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Withdrawal and dissolution

Article R1431-21

…lishment for cultural or environmental cooperation, the board of directors shall meet no later than 30 June of the year following the dissolution, in order to vote on the administrative account and to…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Withdrawal and dissolution

Article R1431-19

…er than 1st April of the year of its withdrawal. If the Board of Directors agrees to the withdrawal and its material and financial conditions, it is approved by the State representative. It takes effe…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Withdrawal and dissolution

Article R1431-20

…solution, which shall take effect on 31 December of the year in which it occurs.III. - When serious and persistent difficulties in the operation of the board of directors make it impossible for the es…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Administration and guardianship

Article R721-35

…tre-mer carries out the tasks entrusted to it by Article L. 312-1 on behalf of the Banque de France and under its authority.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Administration and guardianship

Article R721-32

The Managing Director of the Institut d'émission d'outre-mer is appointed by the Chairman of the Supervisory Board for a renewable term of three years.He alone represents the Institut d'émission d'out…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Administration and guardianship

Article R721-31

The Supervisory Board sets the terms and conditions of the Institut d'émission d'outre-mer's operations. These operations are subject to its approval, as are equity investments, which are subject to a…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Administration and guardianship

Article R721-29

…two representatives of the Minister for Overseas France, a representative of the Banque de France and three persons representing New Caledonia, French Polynesia and the Wallis and Futuna Islands. Th…

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