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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Obligations and financial responsibility of project owners and principals

Article R1263-19

The injunctions and information referred to in articles R. 1263-16 to R. 1263-18 shall be issued by any means that confers a date certain.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Lists of candidates and individual applications

Article R1441-19

The notification provided for in article L. 1441-22 to an employer of an employee's status as a candidate shall be made by any means that confers a date certain. The information contained in this noti…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: End of mandate

Article D1442-19

When a councillor's seat becomes vacant for any reason whatsoever, the chairman or vice-chairman of this council shall note the vacancy and inform the public prosecutor at the court of appeal within e…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Removal of organs for scientific purposes.

Article R1232-19

The Director General of the Agence de la biomédecine must be informed of any change in the information contained in the file during the implementation of the protocol. The latter will inform the Minis…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Health rules applicable to bathing water

Article D1332-19

The bathing waters listed are included in the register of protected areas mentioned in article R. 212-4 of the Environment Code. The departmental prefect sends the list of bathing waters surveyed in h…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: The special register of individual entrepreneurs with limited liability.

Article R526-19

…ndividual limited liability entrepreneur shall file in the special register mentioned in Article R. 526-15, within six months of the end of the financial year, the accounting documents mentioned in

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Procedural bodies and supervisors.

Article R621-19

The mandataire judiciaire shall take all measures to inform and consult creditors. Creditors who so request by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt to the mandataire judiciaire shall be k…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Postal voting.

Article R713-19

The commission totals the number of votes obtained by each candidate in each category or sub-category and allocates the seats in accordance with Article L. 713-16. Any ballot paper submitted in a form…

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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 General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Provisions relating to accountants (R)

Article D1617-19

…e payment of an expense that is not the subject of a requisition order, the public accountants of local authorities, local public establishments and syndicated owners' associations must only demand th…

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