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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Share categories

Article L6313-6

…company;3° To contribute to the development of the knowledge, skills and culture necessary for the exercise of citizenship;4° To contribute to the development of the ability of apprentices to continu…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Validation and checks carried out by the presidents of the chambers of trades and crafts

Article R123-279

For the purposes of satisfying the checks provided for in article L. 123-45, any natural or legal person subject to the obligation to register in the National Register of Companies as a company in the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 4: Terms of office of board or committee members

Article L5842-5

…st paragraph is replaced by a paragraph worded as follows:"The maximum allowances for the effective exercise of the functions of president and vice-president of a public establishment for inter-munici…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Organisation.

Article R461-9

…neral Rapporteur on the conduct of the proceedings. He may propose measures to improve the parties' exercise of their rights.He concludes his interventions by drafting a report submitted to the Chairm…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 6: Compulsory prior administrative appeal

Article R2333-120-13

The mandatory prior administrative appeal provided for in VI of article L. 2333-87 is exercised, within a period of one month from the date of notification of the payment notice for the parking charge…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3 : Assignment of civil servants from the corps d'encadrement et d'application de la police nationale with the status of judicial police officer to the departments referred to in article 16 (4°)

Article A34

…in Article 16 (4°) and who have the status of judicial police officer may receive authorisation to exercise the powers attached to this status if they are assigned to one of the departments or to one…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to investment firms

Article R532-8-1

…whether the group to which it will belong has a structure which allows effective supervision to be exercised, information to be effectively exchanged between the competent authorities and the divisio…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Provisions common to the measurement of the audience of professional employers' organisations at professional branch level and at national and cross-industry level

Article R2152-1

…emocracy, in the case of an association between professionals, each partner who participates in the exercise of the liberal activity and who is a member of a professional employers' organisation under…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Sub-committees

Article R2272-10

…conventions and agreements, with regard to 2° to 4° of article L. 2271-1, and subject to the powers exercised by the sub-committees mentioned in 4° to 6° of this article. When the issues dealt with co…

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French Commercial codeIn force
ANNEX 1-3 (ANNEX TO ARTICLE A. 131-1)

Article Annexe 1-3

…king off the roll, revocation, withdrawal of approval or authorisation in the profession previously exercised ; 3° Be entered in the trade and companies register in a personal capacity; 4° Be authoris…

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