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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Election of consular delegates

Article R713-53

…tegory and allocate the seats in accordance with article L. 713-16. Any ballot paper presented in a form other than that validated by the committee, any ballot paper containing more names than there a…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Administrative organisation (R)

Article R2221-76

The functions of accounting officer for the régie are performed by the commune's accounting officer.However, when annual operating revenue exceeds €76,225, these functions may be entrusted to an accou…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Provisions relating to the digital procedure

Article A53-6

…ached is detectable. Migration operations required to ensure the legibility of documents in digital format over time do not constitute an alteration of their content or form as long as they are traced…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Identification of accounts and treatment of over-indebtedness

Article R721-22

…orking days following the opening, closure or modification of the accounts concerned, in electronic format or, in exceptional cases, on standardised forms, the characteristics of which shall be define…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Result

Article R2314-22

…f of the Minister for Employment within fifteen days of the elections being held, using an approved form. In the event of electronic transmission, the teleservice set up by the service provider acting…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions applicable to professional non-trading companies

Article R822-89

…excluded from the company, two months after the company has served him with a notice in one of the forms provided for in article R. 822-86, which has remained unsuccessful. The transfer price of the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Statutory audit, other engagements and services performed by statutory auditors

Article D823-1

…823-2-2.The person or entity is no longer required to appoint a statutory auditor if the entity it forms with the companies it controls has not exceeded the cumulative figures set for two of these th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Statutory audit, other engagements and services performed by statutory auditors

Article R823-11

…n annual engagement plan and work programme, drawn up in writing, which take into account the legal form of the audited person or entity, its size, the nature of its activities, any control exercised…

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Article Annexe 4-5

TABLE SUMMARY OF FINANCIAL DATA CONCERNING AN ACTIVITY WITHOUT PERSONALITY LEGAL INFORMATION TO BE ATTACHED TO THE NOTIFICATION FORM FOR A MERGER OPERATIONActivity: Exercise N closed on: Financial yea…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Acts relating primarily to economic activity

Article A444-141

…partial reducing the claim, of an emolument proportional to the capital valued on the registration form or up to which the release is granted;b) Reducing the pledge or collateral, of an emolument pro…

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