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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Powers of the Chairman of the Executive Council

Article L7224-19

The President of the Executive Council, by delegation of the Assembly, may be entrusted for the duration of his term of office with taking any decision concerning the preparation, award, performance a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Termination by mutual agreement as part of a collective agreement on collective redundancy by mutual agreement

Article L1237-19-1

…e agreement providing for the collective termination of employment by mutual agreement determines : 1° The terms and conditions for informing the Social and Economic Committee, if one exists ; 2° The…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Financial and accounting rules

Article R6123-19

…of Directors on the opening date of the financial year, the revenue and expenditure operations are carried out on the basis of and within the limit of 80% of the budget approved for the previous fina…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Trade union delegate, mandated employee, member of the staff delegation to the inter-company social and economic committee and employee adviser

Article R2421-19

…ee the opportunity to submit written observations and, at his request, oral observations. On this occasion, the employee may, at his request, be assisted by a representative of his trade union. Withou…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Terms of engagement and services of the statutory auditor

Article R823-19

…ariat of the restricted formation by simple letter.On receipt of the summons to appear, the parties may acquaint themselves with the case file. They may be assisted or represented by a lawyer. The par…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Apprenticeship programme authorisation procedure

Article R1161-19

…n of the authorisation is issued by the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé. The company exploiting the medicinal product is given the opportuni…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Accounting obligations applicable to all traders.

Article L123-19

Assets and liabilities must be valued separately. No offsetting may be made between asset and liability items in the balance sheet or between expense and income items in the income statement, except i…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Complaints

Article L4163-19

…he courts against a decision of the managing body, the employee and the employer are parties to the case. They shall both be given the opportunity to submit their observations to the proceedings. This…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Professional undertakings for collective real estate investment.

Article D214-195

Professional undertakings for collective real estate investment may change their currency unit from one financial year to another. This change may only be made on the opening date of a financial year.…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Internal model

Article R352-19

I.-The internal model and, in particular, the calculation of the probability distribution underlying it satisfy the criteria set out in 1° to 8° of this article. 1° The methods used to calculate the p…

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