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Showing 11311140 of 61111 articles for Art. R 151-1–R 151-9

French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Postal voting.

Article R723-9

Envelopes containing postal votes are admitted duty-free.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Changes to the jurisdiction of commercial courts.

Article R741-9

If a commercial court is abolished, the minutes, registers, deeds, exhibits and documents filed at the registry of the abolished court shall be transferred to the registry of the commercial court or c…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Operation of the company.

Article R743-91

Decisions which exceed the powers of the managing partners are taken by the partners meeting in general meeting. The partners hold at least one annual general meeting. Other meetings may be held at th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Operation of the company.

Article R743-90

By application of

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Operation of the company.

Article R743-92

Each partner has a single vote. A partner may be represented at a meeting by another partner carrying a written mandate. The meeting may only validly deliberate if at least three quarters of the partn…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Miscellaneous provisions

Article R1311-9

The needs of the State mentioned in the first paragraph of Article L. 1311-19 are those of justice, national defence, the national police, the national gendarmerie and civil security.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Authorities whose purpose is to combat excessive prices for essential foodstuffs

Article R2221-99

The investigating commissioner is appointed by the mayor. The investigation lasts fifteen days from the completion of the usual publicity formalities.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Water and sanitation

Article R2224-9

The file submitted to the enquiry includes a draft delimitation of the commune's sanitation zones, showing the sanitation settlements included within the zoning perimeter, and a notice justifying the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: General provisions

Article R2311-9

In application of article L. 2311-3, the investment section of the budget may include programme authorisations and the operating section may include commitment authorisations. Each programme or commit…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Rules of good conduct and organisation

Article R548-9

A participative finance intermediary shall enter into a contract with a payment service provider or a payment service agent relating to the extinctive management of its activities in the event that it…

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