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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Operation

Article R4641-4

The Vice-Chairman of the Conseil national d'orientation des conditions de travail is appointed by order of the Minister for Labour under the conditions set out in III of Article R. 4641-3. The Secreta…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Allocation of sums held in the automatic cinema production account

Article 211-40

Subject to payment, under the conditions provided for in…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Cooperation and exchanges of information with the authorities of other Member States of the European Union or other States party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article L632-4

Notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter, and notwithstanding the provisions of Law 68-678 of 26 July 1968 on the communication of economic, commercial, industrial, financial or technical docume…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-subparagraph 2: Declarations for the purpose of secondary registration outside the jurisdiction of the principal place of business.

Article R123-42

The information provided for in Article R. 123-38 shall be declared in the application for secondary registration.This application also states the trader's surname, usual name, pseudonym and first nam…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-subparagraph 2: Declarations for the purpose of secondary registration outside the jurisdiction of the principal place of business.

Article R123-40

For the purposes of this section, a secondary establishment is any permanent establishment that is separate from the registered office or principal place of business and is managed by the person requi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-subparagraph 2: Declarations for the purpose of secondary registration outside the jurisdiction of the principal place of business.

Article R123-41

A registered trader who opens a secondary establishment within the jurisdiction of a court where he is not registered applies to the registry of that court, via the single body mentioned in article R.…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Election of representatives of local authorities and public establishments of inter-municipal cooperation with their own tax status

Article R1213-4

The five representatives of the public establishments of inter-municipal cooperation with their own tax status and their alternates are elected by the college of presidents of public establishments of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Administration.

Article R4381-46

Each shareholder has an equal number of votes, regardless of the number of shares held. However, where members only work part-time, the Articles of Association may allocate them a reduced number of vo…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Administration.

Article R4381-47

Apart from the cases provided for by article 19 of law no. 66-879 of 29 November 1966 relating to professional non-trading companies and by articles R. 4381-48, R. 4381-52, R. 4381-79 and R. 4381-80 i…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Administration.

Article R4381-49

At the end of each financial year, the manager(s) shall draw up, in accordance with the conditions laid down in the Articles of Association, the company's annual financial statements, a report on the…

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