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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Issue of approval

Article R1253-22

The administrative authority has one month following receipt of the application for approval to notify the employers' group of its decision. If approval is refused, reasons must be given for the decis…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Redistribution and inter-professional fund for access to law and justice

Article R444-38

An advisory committee, called the "Comité consultatif des aides à l'accès au droit et à la justice" (CCAADJ), is set up by the board of directors of the fund management company. At the request of the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Fire and rescue services

Article R1424-36

A communal or inter-communal first response centre may be created by prefectoral decree, if the deliberative body of the commune or public establishment for inter-communal cooperation so requests, aft…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Powers (R)

Article R1425-14

A report, drawn up by the chairman, is sent, at least fifteen days before the date of the meeting, to the members of the committee as well as to the parties concerned by the draft agreement. The latte…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Adoption and implementation of budgets

Article R1612-37

Within one month of notification of the formal notice referred to in article R. 1612-35, the local authority or public establishment concerned shall open the necessary appropriations. The correspondin…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Judicial police officers

Article A11

The committee provided for in Article 16 (2° and 4°) of the Code of Criminal Procedure issues an opinion on the lists mentioned in 4° of article A10 within a maximum of four months after the date of t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Organisation and operation

Article R514-23

The guidance and supervisory board of a caisse de crédit municipal comprises, in addition to the chairman, between six and twenty members.The number of members of the guidance and supervisory board is…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Operations.

Article D514-16

Sales are announced at least ten days in advance by public notice or, where applicable, by printed and distributed catalogues, special notices and public display of the items to be sold.The notice sha…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Monitoring compliance with obligations and penalties

Article R561-43

I. - The four qualified members of the National Enforcement Committee and their alternates are appointed by decree on the report of the Minister for the Economy, after consultation with the Minister o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Public policy

Article D3121-5

The request to exceed the maximum daily working time, accompanied by the relevant supporting documents and the opinion of the social and economic committee, if any, is sent by the employer to the labo…

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