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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Electronic voting.

Article R723-19

On the day of the vote count, the chairman of the committee provided for in article L. 723-13 prints the list of voters from the "voter file" processing. The chairman and one of the members of the com…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Technical sports advisors to sports federations

Article R131-19

Each year, the Minister responsible for Sport draws up a statement of the number of agents paid by the State carrying out the tasks defined in article R. 131-16 and their distribution between the vari…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Electorate and eligibility.

Article L2314-19

Voters must be at least eighteen years of age and have been working in the company for at least one year, with the exception of the employer's spouse, partner in a civil solidarity pact, cohabitee, as…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter II: Professional sport

Article L222-19

The competent delegated federations shall impose sanctions on sports agents, licence-holders and affiliated associations and companies in the event of : 1° Failure to notify : a) the contracts referre…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions for swearing in

Article L131-19

Any person, other than those mentioned in Article L. 131-18, who has used one of the names referred to in that same article shall be liable to the penalties provided for in Article 433-17 of the Penal…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Employment certificate.

Article L1234-19

On expiry of the employment contract, the employer issues the employee with a certificate, the content of which is determined by regulation.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Approval

Article L526-19

I. - The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution may issue a simplified electronic money institution authorisation where the commercial activities as a whole generate an average of electronic…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Operation

Article L2315-19

The employee representatives on the Social and Economic Committee shall individually exercise the rights conferred on the Committee by this section.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Exchange and dissemination of information

Article L512-19

The authorised officials may cooperate, in the performance of their duties, with the competent authorities of the member countries of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD),…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Operating conditions

Article R5124-19

All pharmaceutical acts are carried out under the effective control of a pharmacist who meets the conditions for practising pharmacy in France.

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