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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions common to the various companies.

Article R743-46

Articles R. 743-44, R. 743-45, R. 743-100 and R. 743-126 also apply to the gratuitous transfer of all or part of its equity securities or shares granted by one of the members.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions (R)

Article R2223-44

Agents who welcome and provide information to families must provide proof of forty hours' professional training. This training covers funeral legislation and regulations as well as health and safety (…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XI: The European Public Prosecutor's Office

Article D47-1-44

When the Deputy European Public Prosecutor hearing a request for release considers that he cannot grant the request or place the person under judicial supervision, but considers that the person could…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Ventilation.

Article R4534-46

Where internal combustion engines are used or noxious fumes are emitted, the minimum quantities of air to be introduced under articles R. 4534-44 and R. 4534-45 are increased so that air quality remai…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Management by the inter-company social and cultural activities committee

Article R2312-46

In the cases provided for in articles R. 2312-44 and R. 2312-45, if agreement is impossible, the Labour Inspector decides on the distribution of seats between the employee representatives of the under…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Financial regime (R)

Article R2221-44

The operating section or forecast income statement shows successively: - under income: operating income, financial income and exceptional income; - under expenses: operating expenses, financial expens…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Operational organisation of fire and rescue services (R)

Article R1424-44

Alert processing centres, known as CTAs, are the bodies responsible for receiving, processing and, if necessary, redirecting emergency calls from the departmental or territorial fire and rescue servic…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Funeral and burial regulations

Article R2213-44

In order to ensure the enforcement of police measures prescribed by laws and regulations, in particular public health measures, the officials mentioned in article L. 2213-14 assist with the operations…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Compensation for severe disability

Article R5213-46

The decision taken by the association referred to in Article L. 5214-1 is substantiated and then notified to the applicant. If the applicant is the employer, it will immediately inform the beneficiary…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Regulatory and monitoring role in the field of technical protection measures and the identification of protected works and objects

Article R331-46

The appeals provided for in Article R. 331-44 shall be lodged by a written statement in triplicate lodged against a receipt at the registry of the Paris Court of Appeal containing, on pain of nullity:…

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