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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Operation.

Article L2352-13

…t also represent an absolute majority of the employees of the participating companies, subsidiaries and establishments concerned. By way of derogation from these provisions, the decision not to open n…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: The Standing Committee

Article L7123-13

The President of the Assembly of French Guyana may decide that the meeting of the standing committee shall be held in several places, by videoconference. When the meeting of the standing committee is…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Powers of the Chairman of the Executive Council

Article L7224-13

…e head of the services of the territorial collectivity of Martinique. He may, under his supervision and responsibility, delegate his signature in all matters to the heads of the said departments.He ma…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 4: Deliberations.

Article L3121-14-1

The standing committee may not deliberate unless an absolute majority of its members in office are present or represented. The second and last paragraphs of Article L. 3121-14 shall apply to the stand…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Retailers' cooperative societies.

Article L124-13

…bills subscribed, to give its guarantee or to act as guarantor to guarantee their loans, to receive and manage their deposits of funds.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Accounting obligations applicable to all traders.

Article L123-13

The balance sheet describes the company's assets and liabilities separately, and shows shareholders' equity separately. The profit and loss account summarises the income and expenses for the financial…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Seller's lien.

Article L141-13

…an authentic deed, or, in the absence of a deed, by the declaration prescribed by the articles 638 and 653 of the General Tax Code. This excerpt must, under the same penalty, state the date, volume a…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: National Design Litigation

Article L521-13

…ders may, in addition, be deprived for a period not exceeding five years of the right to be elected and to stand for election to the commercial courts, the territorial chambers of commerce and industr…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Employee advisor.

Article L1232-13

…s.They are bound by an obligation of discretion with regard to information of a confidential nature and given as such by the employer.Any breach of this obligation may result in the removal of the per…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Prior interview.

Article L1233-13

…the employee to the preliminary interview mentions the possibility of having recourse to an advisor and specifies the address of the departments where the list of advisors is kept available to employe…

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