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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Schools of territorial chambers of commerce and industry and regional chambers of commerce and industry

Article L711-21

Public law employees placed at the disposal of a consular higher education establishment choose whether to exercise their right to vote and stand as a candidate in elections for staff representatives…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The Bulletin officiel des annonces civiles et commerciales.

Article R123-211

…s name or company name;3° With regard to the new owner, the information required in Articles R. 123-156 et seq.4° The title of the medium authorised to receive legal announcements in which the first i…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: The special register of individual entrepreneurs with limited liability.

Article R526-21

In the event of the death of a registered person, it is the responsibility of his heirs or universal successors to request, via the single body referred to in article R. 123-1, his removal from the sp…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Organisation

Article R6156-21

Voting takes place under the conditions set out in Decree no. 2017-1811 of 28 December 2017 on the conditions and procedures for implementing electronic voting via the internet for the election of sta…

AI translation · Updated 30 Oct 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Prudential provisions

Article L526-31

…s shall inform the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution.Essential operational functions may not be outsourced in such a way as to seriously impair the quality of the electronic money insti…

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

Article L5215-31

Within the perimeter of the conurbation in which the urban community exercises its powers, roads may be redistributed between the State, the département and the urban community. The corresponding clas…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: The accounting officer (R)

Article R2221-31

The accounting officer may, under his responsibility, delegate his signature to one or more agents whom he constitutes his authorised representatives.The accounting officer is responsible for the oper…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Sports agents' reporting obligations

Article R222-31

…orts agent, in particular documents relating to the company referred to in article L. 222-8 that he may have set up and the employees of this company.

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 312-13

…roduce an elaborated version of the project.When the committee decides in favour of writing aid, it may also propose the form that the elaborated version of the project could take.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Compliance with the Code of Ethics

Article R8124-31

…rality and probity. I undertake not to reveal any manufacturing secrets or operating processes that may come to my knowledge in the course of my duties. "

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