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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Board of Directors (R)

Article R2221-66

When the provisions of the fourth paragraph of Article L. 2221-13 the committee of the syndicat de communes is enlarged to include outside persons to exercise the powers of the operating board, with t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Financial regime (R)

Article R2221-60

At the end of the financial year, the authorising officer draws up the administrative account and the accounting officer draws up the management account. These documents are presented to the Board of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Public policy

Article D3142-66

In application of article L. 3142-107, the employer may defer the start of the leave or the beginning of the period of part-time work for the creation or takeover of a business, up to a limit of six m…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Appointment of representatives

Article D7343-62

The names and surnames of the representatives are brought to the attention of the Autorité des relations sociales des plateformes d'emploi mentioned in Article L. 7345-1 by the representative organisa…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 2: Recognition of judicial review decisions

Article 696-73

Recognition and enforcement of the judicial supervision order shall be refused in the following cases:1° The certificate is not produced, is incomplete or clearly does not correspond to a judicial sup…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section IX: Specific provisions relating to assets held in sub-ledger accounts

Article R332-65

For the undertakings referred to in Article L. 310-3-2, the provisions of this chapter, and in particular Article R. 332-1-1 and Articles R. 332-3 and R. 332-3-1 , apply separately to each portfolio o…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Investments

Article R385-6

The balance sheet value of all securities issued, receivables other than those referred to in article R. 385-11, loans and securities not traded on a regulated market within the meaning of 11° of arti…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 3: Residence permit commission

Article R432-6

The Prefect or, in Paris, the Police Prefect shall set up the residence permit commission provided for in article L. 432-14 by an order:1° Recording the appointment of the local elected representative…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-subparagraph 1: Declarations for registration purposes.

Article R123-62

Other legal entities whose registration is provided for by the provisions of 5° of Article L. 123-1 declare the information provided for in articles R. 123-54 to R. 123-59. The information required ma…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Mandate

Article R2143-6

In the absence of an agreement, the decision to withdraw the trade union delegate mandate provided for in the second paragraph of article L. 2143-11 is taken by the regional director of companies, com…

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