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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Local referendum

Article D6232-8

…ecided by each polling station and the annexes may not be altered under any circumstances.A summary report is drawn up in duplicate in the presence of the voters. They shall be signed by the members o…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Local referendum

Article D6332-8

…ecided by each polling station and the annexes may not be altered under any circumstances.A summary report is drawn up in duplicate in the presence of the voters. They shall be signed by the members o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 7: Administrative provisions

Article R4462-34

…ments referred to in articles R. 4462-14 and R. 4462-15 ; 4° The minutes of the social and economic committees on the safety studies referred to in article R. 4462-3 and article R. 4462-32; 5° Instruc…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Financial penalties

Article R5462-4

…hnical documentation drawn up as part of the certification procedures, as well as the decisions and reports of the authorised bodies that have participated in these procedures, under the conditions me…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Links of interest and transparency

Article L1451-2

…tioned in article L. 1451-1 as well as to persons who occasionally collaborate in the work of these committees. It is prohibited for the persons mentioned in article L. 1453-5 to offer or propose to t…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 2: National holiday voucher agency

Article L411-15

The Agence nationale pour les chèques-vacances is administered by a Board of Directors comprising representatives of holiday voucher beneficiaries, appointed on the recommendation of the trade unions…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XIV: Recourse for compensation available to certain victims of damage resulting from an offence

Article 706-5

On pain of foreclosure, the claim for compensation must be made within three years of the date of the offence. Where criminal proceedings are brought, this time limit is extended and does not expire u…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Conditions for the extension of agreements.

Article L2261-19

…sional agreement, their riders or annexes, must have been negotiated and concluded within the joint committee mentioned in article L. 2232-9. This committee is made up of representatives of representa…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Tasks and operation

Article R822-8

…des with the State; 3° The annual or multi-year action programmes; 4° The rules of procedure of the committee mentioned in a of 1° of Article R. 822-1, as well as on the annual specifications for tech…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Processing of criminal records

Article R40-25

…basis of a letter rogatory, making it likely that they may have participated, as perpetrators or accomplices, in the commission of a felony, a misdemeanour or a fifth-class contravention provided for…

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