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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Professional organisation

Article R821-38

If a seat on the National Council becomes vacant before the normal date of renewal, it shall be filled within three months by the best-placed candidate on the same list at the end of the ballot, if ne…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions common to all companies

Article R822-49

The High Council sends a copy of the decision to include the company on the list to the clerk of the court where the application for registration of the company in the register of companies was filed.…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Responsibilities

Article R4413-9

The Board may only deliberate if more than half of its members in office are present. If the quorum is not reached, a new convocation is sent out with a minimum of three days' notice. The deliberation…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Organisation

Article R4422-7

An order of the Prefect of Corsica sets, by application of the rules defined in articles R. 4422-4 to R. 4422-6-1, the list of bodies of all kinds represented within each section of the Corsican Econo…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 5: Transfers of property, rights and obligations

Article R5215-4

The operations decided upon, other than those mentioned in article R. 5215-5, which have received a start of execution constituted by the legal act creating between the contractor and the project mana…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE II: PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS INVOLVING LOCAL AND REGIONAL AUTHORITIES, GROUPS OF LOCAL AND REGIONAL AUTHORITIES AND OTHER LEGAL ENTITIES GOVERNED BY PUBLIC LAW

Article R5721-1

For the application of the second paragraph of article L. 5721-6-3, the restricted formation of the departmental commission for inter-municipal cooperation is that provided for in articles R. 5211-30…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE VI: LOCAL AUTHORITY FINANCES

Article D6262-2

When a budgetary decision or an administrative account is referred to the territorial audit chamber by the representative of the State, the period within which it may formulate proposals runs from rec…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE VI: LOCAL AUTHORITY FINANCES

Article D6362-2

When a budgetary decision or an administrative account is referred to the territorial audit chamber by the representative of the State, the period within which it may formulate proposals shall run fro…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Risk assessment

Article R4453-6

The employer assesses the risks resulting from the exposure of workers to electromagnetic fields. The purpose of this assessment is in particular to: 1° To identify which of the exposure limit values…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Response team

Article R4461-40

Teams carrying out work in a hyperbaric environment, as referred to in 2° of Article R. 4461-1, are made up of at least two people: 1° An operator working in a hyperbaric environment who holds a hyper…

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