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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Postal voting.

Article R713-53

…n each professional category or sub-category and allocate the seats in accordance with article L. 713-16. Any ballot paper presented in a form other than that validated by the committee, any ballot pa…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Creation, transfer or regrouping

Article R5125-5

…it is implicit. In the meantime, the benefit of the rules of anteriority provided for in article L. 5125-20, attached to the initial application, is retained. For the purposes of grandfathering, the c…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Chairmanship

Article R6143-5

The Chairman of the Supervisory Board is elected for a term of five years from among the members representing the local authorities or qualified individuals. The chairman's term of office also ends wh…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Access to documents.

Article L8113-5

The Labour Inspectorate control officers mentioned in Article L. 8112-1 may request any document or piece of information, regardless of the medium, that is useful for establishing facts likely to veri…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Provisions common to both procedures.

Article R5141-47-5

…n, de l'environnement et du travail or by another State : 1° In the case provided for in Article R. 5141-47-2, the Director General of the Agency notifies the States concerned and the holder of the ag…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Operation

Article R2373-5

The information provided, pursuant to the fourth paragraph of Article L. 229-3 of the French Commercial Code, by the directors of the company, subsidiary or establishment concerned by the transaction…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions relating to portfolio management companies.

Article R532-15-3

…nly if there are reasonable grounds for doing so based solely on the criteria set out in Article R. 532-15-1, or if the information provided by the proposed acquirer pursuant to Article R. 532-15-2 is…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Forward financial instruments of insurance undertakings.

Article R332-56

The amounts provided for in articles R. 332-54 and R. 332-55 are calculated net of the value of guarantees received under an eligible master agreement. An eligible master agreement meets all of the fo…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Other applications of the Community arbitration procedure

Article R5121-51-8

…ency with a view to the application of the Community arbitration procedure provided for in Articles 32 to 34 of Directive 2001/83/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council when divergent decisi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Other applications of the Community arbitration procedure

Article R5121-51-11

…of the Community arbitration procedure implemented in accordance with the provisions of Articles R. 5121-51-8 and R. 5121-51-9, the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament e…

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