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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Provisions specific to various commercial companies.

Article R223-20-3

A request for items or draft resolutions to be included on the agenda of the meeting by one or more shareholders holding at least one-twentieth of the shares on the day the request is sent must be sen…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Provisions specific to various commercial companies.

Article R223-20-1

In order to guarantee, with a view to the application of the third paragraph of Article L. 223-27, the identification and effective participation in the meeting of shareholders attending by videoconfe…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Provisions specific to various commercial companies.

Article R223-22

In the event of a written consultation, the text of the proposed resolutions and the documents required to inform the members shall be sent to each member by registered letter. The members shall have…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE III: VOTER PARTICIPATION IN COMMUNITY LIFE

Article LO6233-1

…a year, an elector may sign only one referral tending to the organisation of the same consultation. III. - The decision to organise the consultation rests with the territorial council. IV. - The Terri…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE III: VOTER PARTICIPATION IN COMMUNITY LIFE

Article LO6333-1

…In a year, an elector may sign only one referral with a view to the organisation of a consultation. III. - The decision to organise the consultation rests with the territorial council. IV. - The Terri…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE IV: VOTER PARTICIPATION IN COMMUNITY LIFE

Article LO6443-1

…ear, an elector may sign only one referral with a view to the organisation of the same consultation.III. - The organiser or organisers of a request for a consultation in the local authority are requir…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
BOOK IV: SAINT-PIERRE AND MIQUELON

Article LO6430-1

The local authority's institutions include the Territorial Council, the President of the Territorial Council, the Executive Council and the Economic, Social and Cultural Council.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title IV: Common provisions

Article R40-40

The implementation of the judicial reconciliation software mentioned in articles 230-20 et seq is authorised, for each procedure that it controls, by the magistrate in charge of the investigation or i…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title III: Judging of contraventions

Article R48-1

…unishable by: a) Articles R. 632-1 and R. 634-2 of the Penal Code relating to the abandonment of rubbish, waste, materials and other objects; b) Articles R. 331-63 to R. 331-66 of the Environment Code…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title IV: Common provisions

Article R40-41

The implementation and updating of the software mentioned in article 230-20 are supervised by a senior prosecuting magistrate, appointed for three years by order of the Minister of Justice, and assist…

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