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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Electronic voting procedures

Article R2314-11

…ganisations representing employees in the company or in the establishment(s) concerned, of the completion of the prior declaration formalities with the Commission nationale de l'informatique et des li…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
c: Other procedural acts

Article R40-17

…149-3, the chairman of the committee may, after notifying the persons listed at 1° to 3° of Article R. 40-4, decide that there is no need for further investigation or for the acts provided for in Arti…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions.

Article R761-1

…he regional council shall deliberate on the request for classification or declassification of a market of national interest after having obtained, under the conditions provided for in article R. 761-3…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VII: Provisions adapting Book VII.

Article R927-1-1

For the application to Mayotte of article R. 711-40-1, the words: "préfet de région" are replaced by the words: "représentant de l'Etat" and the words: "chambre de commerce et d'industrie de région" a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Sampling.

Article R5127-14

…uthor(s), as appropriate, to the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé or to the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Administrative authorisation.

Article R5142-12-1

When a company mentioned in article R. 5142-1 plans to close one of its establishments authorised in application of the provisions of article R. 5142-5, it informs the Agence nationale de sécurité san…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 4: Obligation to inform air passengers of the identity of the air carrier.

Article R211-16

The information provided for in article R. 211-15 is communicated before the conclusion of the contract for the flight section(s) concerned.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Effects of accelerated safeguard measures

Article R628-12

The closing judgement is notified to the debtor, communicated to the persons mentioned in article R. 621-7 and is the subject of the publicity provided for in article R. 621-8. The administrator and t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Out-of-court settlement procedure.

Article R1142-14

In order to assess whether the damage suffered is of the serious nature referred to in II of Article L. 1142-1, the Chairman or a Deputy Chairman may submit the supporting documents referred to in Art…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Continuation of the business.

Article R622-12

…an end-of-assignment report filed by the judicial representatives under the conditions of Articles R. 626-39 and R. 626-40. It is communicated to the persons cited in article R. 621-7 and is advertis…

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