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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Training period.

Article R742-14

The trainee is struck off the register of traineeships by decision of the Conseil national des greffiers des tribunaux de commerce: 1° If he or she is the subject of a criminal conviction for acts con…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Postal voting.

Article R723-14

The members of the committee provided for in article L. 723-13 proceed with the counting of the ballot papers contained in the ballot box. The envelopes used to send the votes and the list of voters w…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: The Director

Article R1431-14

The duties of director are incompatible with an elected office in one of the local authorities that are members of the establishment and with any office in a grouping that is a member of it, as well a…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Powers (R).

Article R2511-14

At the beginning of each year, the mayor of the municipality draws up a detailed report on the allocation and proposed allocation of housing during the previous year. This report shows, for each arron…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Central organisation

Article R515-14

The agency's head office is in Paris. The agency may open representative offices in the French overseas departments and collectivities, in New Caledonia and abroad.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Sub-committees

Article R2272-14

The Conventions and Agreements Sub-Committee, meeting in a specific formation pursuant to 1° of Article R. 2272-10, is composed as follows: 1° The Minister for Agriculture or his representative, Chair…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Arbitration procedure

Article R2524-14

Applications are registered with the secretariat of the Superior Court of Arbitration in the order in which they are received.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Mediation procedure

Article R2523-14

Rejection of the mediator's proposal for settlement of the dispute as provided for in article L. 2523-6 shall be sent by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt. The mediator shall immediate…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Employee information.

Article D3323-14

When the Social and Economic Committee is called upon to meet to examine the report relating to the profit-sharing agreement, the issues thus examined are the subject of separate meetings or of a spec…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Thermal environment

Article R4223-14

The temperature of ancillary rooms, such as catering rooms, rest rooms, rooms for workers on duty, sanitary rooms and first aid rooms, depends on the specific purpose of these rooms.

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