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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Difficulties in formation and operation.

Article L1423-10

…sident of the industrial tribunal observes a temporary difficulty in the operation of a section, he may, after receiving the assent of the vice-president and subject to the agreement of the parties co…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Presentation of the diploma

Article A212-106

The training booklet constitutes the pre-qualification certificate within the meaning of article R. 212-75. It attests to the trainee's status as a sports educator and his or her ability to supervise…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: The National Company of Industrial Property Attorneys

Article R422-10

The company's general meeting elects for two years from among its members, by secret ballot, an executive committee consisting of nine people, including a chairman, three vice-chairmen, a secretary, a…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Operation.

Article L4432-10

The councils draw up their own rules of procedure. They elect from among their members, by secret ballot, in accordance with the provisions of these rules, their chairman and the members of their stan…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Layout of installations and workstations

Article R4462-10

…tivity, are directly exposed to the effects of the event. Within the site, the isolation distances between the potential sites of a pyrotechnic event and the exposed sites are such that, in the event…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Sociétés coopératives ouvrières de production, agricultural cooperatives and public companies.

Article L3323-10

…or legal entities, whatever their legal status, of which more than half of the capital is held, together or separately, directly or indirectly, by the public establishments and public undertakings me…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Life insurance with variable capital on real estate.

Article L160-10

Non-trading property companies (sociétés civiles à objet strictement immobilier), other than non-trading property investment companies (sociétés civiles de placement immobilier), whose units are wholl…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Sustainable development plan

Article L4424-10

I. - Corsica's sustainable planning and development plan is a regional ecological coherence scheme within the meaning of article

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to securities giving access to the capital.

Article L228-105

…rities giving access to the capital have, under the conditions laid down by decree of the Conseil d'Etat, a right of disclosure to the company issuing the securities they are entitled to receive of th…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General rules.

Article R325-10

…nistrative authorisation withdrawn or declared null and void by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution or by the supervisory authority of another Member State, the Autorité de contrôle p…

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