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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection I: Ordinary procedure.

Article 911-1

…he Conseiller de la mise en état may of his own motion, by order and by reason of the nature of the case, set shorter time limits than those provided for in Articles 908 to 910. The lapse of the state…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection I: Ordinary procedure.

Article 911-2

…aragraph of Article 905-1, in article 905-2, in the third paragraph of Article 902 and in article 908 are increased: - by one month, when the claim is brought either before a court that has its seat i…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Shareholders' meetings.

Article R225-91

Shareholders exercise the rights recognised by articles R. 225-89 and R. 225-90 either themselves or through the proxy they have appointed to represent them at the meeting.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Common provisions.

Article R214-91

…vestment undertaking by the Autorité des marchés financiers, the 20% limit mentioned in article R. 214-85 , the 20% ratio mentioned in article R. 214-86 and the 60% and 51% quotas mentioned in 1° of a…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Transactions carried out on youth savings accounts and remuneration.

Article D221-91

No withdrawal may result in the account being in debit.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Centralisation and declaration of results

Article R2122-91

After the postal vote has been counted, the results of the remote electronic vote are added to the results of the postal vote.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Water made drinkable by conditioned treatment.

Article R1321-91

…n natural mineral water or spring water, must meet the quality requirements relating to microbiological and physico-chemical parameters, as defined by order of the ministers responsible for consumptio…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Operation of the company.

Article R743-91

…t of one or more partners, representing at least half in number of the partners or a quarter of the capital. The request must specify the matters to be put on the agenda. The Articles of Association d…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Provisions relating to the second fraction (R).

Article R1614-91

The following expenditure is also eligible for an allocation under the second part of the special assistance scheme: a) Furnishings and equipment; b) Furnishings and equipment and the fitting out of p…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Year-end account (R)

Article R2221-91

An inventory, the results of which are produced in support of the financial account, is drawn up at the end of the financial year in accordance with the principles of the general chart of accounts.

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