French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions.
Article R712-16
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As far as postal voting is concerned, the envelopes, ballot papers and candidate circulars constitute the instruments required for voting mentioned in 1° of article R. 713-14. An order of the supervis…
…ive of the Minister of Justice has been heard, the judge being prosecuted is invited to give his explanations and defences on the facts of which he is accused.
The Keeper of the Seals, Minister of Justice, establishes each year, by order published in the Official Journal of the French Republic, the list of suitability for the profession of commercial court c…
Any commercial court clerk may refer the election of the members of the National Council to the Paris Court of Appeal within ten days of the proclamation of the results. The appeal shall be lodged wit…
The Board may only meet if the majority of its members are present. It may validly adopt a deliberation only with a majority of fourteen of its members.
At the same time as the documents provided for in article R. 723-10, the prefect shall send the electors an instruction relating to the procedures for accessing the electronic voting system to which t…
The accountant for public establishments for cultural or environmental cooperation of an administrative nature is an accountant from the general directorate of public finance with the status of princi…
In the regional aid areas delimited by the decree mentioned in article R. 1511-10, local authorities and their groupings may grant aid for business property investment under the conditions set out in…
The State representative or, where applicable, the inspection mission provided for in article R. 1613-8 send the minister responsible for local authorities and the minister responsible for the budget…
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