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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Electronic voting.

Article R713-25-1

…ronic voting system compromising the smooth running of the ballot, the national technical committee may take any information and safeguard measures and, if necessary, decide to suspend the voting oper…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 6: Electronic auctions

Article R2162-57

The electronic auction shall relate to:1° Either solely to price when the contract is awarded on the basis of this criterion alone;2° Or to price or to other quantifiable elements indicated in the con…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 4: Terms of office of board or committee members

Article L5842-5

I. - The articles L. 5211-12 to L. 5211-15 are applicable in French Polynesia, in their wording resulting from Law no. 2019-1461 of 27 December 2019 relating to involvement in local life and the proxi…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Acquisition of Trade Mark Rights

Article L712-5-1

…contested application for registration, in accordance with the conditions laid down in Article L. 714-5 or, in the case of a European Union trade mark, Article 18 of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of 14 J…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-subparagraph 4: Declaration for the purpose of cancellation.

Article R123-51

…istration, indicating the date of cessation, except where use is made of the option provided for in 5° of article R. 123-46.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Budgets and accounts

Article D5217-5

…the most detailed subdivision of the nomenclature defined by the decree provided for in Article L. 5217-10-5, supplemented, for programmes, by the programme number and, for operations on behalf of th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Working hours, rest periods and holidays.

Article L3422-5

For the application of article L. 3152-4 in Mayotte : a) The benefits mentioned in 1° are those of the schemes mentioned in articles 23-7 and 23-8 of order no. 2002-411 of 27 March 2002 relating to he…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Operating rules

Article D621-29-1

…December of the previous year. The amount of the contribution referred to in IIa of Article L. 621-5-3 is set at 20,000 euros when the issuer's market capitalisation is less than 2 billion euros and…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Dimensions

Article R1331-56

…is at least 2 metres for single rooms and 2.20 metres for other rooms;2° The floor area is at least 5 square metres per person;3° The air volume is at least equal to 12 cubic metres per person.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Definition

Article L522-5-1

…ans they finance or distribute that meet the definition referred to in III of article 80 of law no. 2005-32 of 18 January 2005 on social cohesion and benefit in this respect from public guarantees.

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