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Showing 46814690 of 34678 articles for Art. CE 27-3-2020 n° 428234

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Election campaign and voting operations

Article R4031-34-1

…voter and the Internet electronic voting system. A detailed information leaflet on the electoral process and the authentication protocol, together with the identifier enabling participation in the bal…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Election campaign and voting operations

Article R4031-34-2

…l and alternate members of the electronic voting committee. Each key is allocated according to a procedure that guarantees that the recipients alone have knowledge of the secrecy associated with the k…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Election campaign and voting operations

Article R4031-34-4

…e opened if at least four keys have been activated, each by the member of the electronic voting office to whom it was issued in accordance with the conditions set out in the same article.The votes are…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection IV: Special provisions for the register of associations

Article 30-19

…ansfer of assets shall make the following documents available to its members, at the registered office or on the association's website, at least thirty days before the date of the members' meeting cal…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Composition

Article R6143-3

…ber of admissions to hospital during the last known financial year, other than that of the head office of the main establishment;two representatives of the public establishments for inter-communal coo…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Board of Directors and General Management.

Article R225-34-2

…d of Directors shall determine this amount, taking into account the size of the company, its workforce and its economic role and, where applicable, the purpose of the meeting.The time devoted to the p…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Obligations of directors and shareholders of market undertakings

Article L421-7-3

I.- Market undertakings of significant importance due to their size and internal organisation, as well as the nature, scale and complexity of their activities, shall set up an appointments committee c…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Operating grant

Article R2315-31-1

…the operating budget may be transferred to the budget for social and cultural activities in accordance with article L. 2315-61, up to a limit of 10% of this surplus. This sum and the arrangements for…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 4: Common provisions

Article 311-111

…ction genre : legal representative of the production company, person acting in the capacity of producer, production manager, scriptwriter, director, director of photography or chief cameraman, chief s…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Persons subject to obligations to combat money laundering and terrorist financing

Article L561-3

…fiduciary capacity ;2° They assist their client in the preparation or execution of transactions concerning :a) The purchase and sale of real estate or business assets;b) The management of funds, secu…

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