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Showing 18611870 of 34507 articles for Art. 7 May 1998

French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE VI: General procedural provisions.

Article L662-7

On pain of nullity of the judgment, the following may not sit on the judgment panels or take part in the deliberation of the proceedings: 1° The president of the court, if he has heard the debtor purs…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Statutory audit.

Article L823-7

In the event of misconduct or impediment, the statutory auditors may, under the conditions laid down by decree of the Conseil d'Etat, be relieved of their duties before the normal expiry of those duti…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VIII: Transferable securities issued by joint stock companies.

Article R228-72

…her than the euro, whose unit nominal value is, on the issue date, at least equal to 100,000 euros, may be met in any Member State of the European Union or party to the Agreement on the European Econo…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XV: Prosecution, investigation and trial of acts of terrorism

Article R50-79

In the exercise of the powers provided for in the fifth paragraph of I of Article 706-25-16, the Sentence Enforcement Judge of the Paris Judicial Court shall appoint the penitentiary integration and p…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Remote electronic voting

Article R2122-70

…Minister for Labour and the Voting Operations Committee. If necessary, the vote counting procedure may be repeated. On expiry of the appeal period or, where legal action has been taken, after a court…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions common to the various companies.

Article R743-79

…for in Article 91 of the Finance Act of 28 April 1816, under the conditions set out in Articles R. 742-27-1, with the exception of its last paragraph, R. 742-27-2 et R. 742-28. If, within one year of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Pay slip

Article D3243-7

…f recruitment, of his right to object to the issue of the pay slip in electronic form. The employee may express his opposition at any time, before or after the first issue of a pay slip in electronic…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Powers and funding of the Agency and Working Conditions Committee

Article R1432-73

…ity;3° Voluntary contributions made by employees of the agency, the conditions and effects of which may be determined by the Agency and Working Conditions Committee;4° Donations and legacies;5° Income…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : The Regional Economic and Social Council

Article R4134-7

…etings without stating the reasons has been noted by the Council's Bureau over a period of one year may, on the Bureau's proposal, be declared to have resigned automatically by the Regional Prefect.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Relay doctors

Article R3413-7

…doctors on the list appears to be insufficient, the Director General of the Regional Health Agency may appoint a relay doctor from the list drawn up in another département, unless he/she refuses. Fai…

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