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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 6: Announcement of results and election disputes.

Article R713-27

The candidates with the highest number of votes in the election for the regional chamber of commerce and industry are elected to the regional chamber of commerce and industry and to the territorial ch…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Applications from trade unions and associations

Article R7343-27

Decisions relating to the validation of one or more candidacies may be contested, on pain of inadmissibility, by application to the judicial court within seven days of the publication referred to in a…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions.

Article L5211-27

…esentative in the département of the seat of the establishment appoints, within eight days of notification of the judgment, a liquidator under the conditions and with a view to carrying out the tasks…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Compensatory benefits.

Article 271

…e duration of the marriage;- the age and state of health of the spouses;- their professional qualifications and situation;- the consequences of the professional choices made by one of the spouses duri…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Management and training

Article R4462-26

…onsible in the pyrotechnic enclosure. The employer must also check that the workers responsible for carrying out or supervising pyrotechnic activities, maintenance activities and activities involving…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 6: EC type-examination.

Article R5221-26

…tion a representative sample, known as the type, of the production envisaged in order that the body may check that this sample satisfies the essential requirements defined in Section 5 of this Chapter…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Exempt transactions

Article 261

…xempt from value added tax:1. (Business or transactions subject to another tax):1° to 3° (Repealed);4° commodity futures transactions carried out on a regulated market excluding those which determine…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Operation

Article L2121-27

…ith more than 3,500 inhabitants, councillors not belonging to the municipal majority who so request may have the loan of shared premises free of charge. An implementing decree determines the terms and…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Operation.

Article L2353-27

…ompany Works Council are entitled to training leave under the conditions set out in Article L. 2325-44.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Authorisations

Article R6122-27

The authorisation referred to in Article L. 6122-1 is granted by the Director General of the Regional Health Agency. The Director General keeps an up-to-date list of authorisations for all the care ac…

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