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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Organisation and operation

Article L5721-9

The services of a syndicat mixte (public-private association) involving only territorial authorities or territorial authorities and groupings of authorities may be made available in whole or in part t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Local referendum

Article LO6232-1

I. - The Territorial Council may submit to a referendum any draft or proposed deliberation tending to regulate a matter within its competence, with the exception, on the one hand, of the opinions whic…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Public prosecutor's delegates and mediators

Article R15-33-32

…ard of directors and executive committee and, where applicable, those of its local representatives; 6° Financial documents, which must include the accounts for the last financial year, the budget for…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Rules applicable to forward financial instruments and the assignment of receivables before their maturity.

Article R214-225

…e debt securities referred to in 2° of Article D. 214-219 or the liquid assets referred to in 2° to 6° of Article D. 214-232-4; 3° These transactions are taken into account for the application of the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Staff and operating expenses

Article R1423-51

…e labour tribunal activities listed in article R. 1423-55, within the distance limits set by decree;6° The travel expenses of the judge acting in application of article L. 1454-2 when the seat of the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Simplified judicial liquidation.

Article R644-2

…f the first paragraph of article L. 644-4, the liquidator notifies the creditors mentioned in 1° to 6° of article L. 643-8 of the filing of this statement at the registry by registered letter with ack…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE VIII BIS: Special provisions for sole traders covered by the status defined in Section 3 of Chapter VI of Title II of Book V

Article R681-4

The notice of the judgment referred to in article R. 611-43 and in the fifth paragraph of article R. 621-8 contains, in addition to the information provided for by these provisions, the name used for…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Qualifications required

Article A321-4

…° The diploma of bi-disciplinary law-history of art and archaeology from the University of Paris-I; 6° The diploma of bi-disciplinary law-history of art from the University of Lyon-II; 7° The licence…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Definition of a procedure

Article R4412-148

When the foreseeable duration of the work is more than five days, the employer shall also send the Labour Inspectorate monitoring officer and the prevention department of the social security body in t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article R4321-36-1

The use of electronic Internet voting is organised in compliance with the fundamental principles governing electoral operations, access to the vote for all voters, the secrecy of the ballot, the free…

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