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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Provisions applicable before the investigating, trial, sentence enforcement and secure detention courts

Article R*49-25

…vations of the public prosecutor and the other parties must appear in a separate written statement setting out the reasons. Otherwise, they cannot be attached to the decision referring the question to…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Procedure for processing applications

Article R1142-63-25

Applications are examined by the Chairman of the Board, assisted by the secretariat. He may ask for any additional documentation required to examine the application. Once the application has been exam…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Provisions common to all applications

Article R464-25-1

…ir numbering. A list of the documents supporting these claims is annexed to their written submissions. These written submissions include a separate statement of the facts and law on which each of thes…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Provisions applicable to CCI France.

Article R712-25-1

…ance through a third-party account. The allocation of the fund's income is adopted by the General Meeting of CCI France by a majority of the members present or represented. CCI France submits an annua…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Electronic voting.

Article R713-25-1

…ted by order of the supervisory minister, is responsible for monitoring the electronic voting process.In the event of a malfunction in the electronic voting system compromising the smooth running of t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Composition and mandate of employee representatives

Article R1233-25-1

…sion comprises nine full staff representatives and an equal number of alternate staff representatives. Each trade union organisation sitting on the social committee of the administration appoints, to…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Responsibilities

Article R1233-25-3

The committee responsible for health, safety and working conditions issues exercises the powers provided for in Articles 57 to 59, 61 to 71, 73 and 74 of the above-mentioned Decree of 20 November 2020…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Operation and resources

Article R1233-25-4

The operation and resources of the committee responsible for health, safety and working conditions are governed by the provisions of Article 81, II of Article 83, Articles 84 and 85, II of Article 87,…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Organisation and operation

Article R2333-120-25

…e appointed for this purpose by the chairman of the commission. It shall be composed of three members. It shall be composed of three members. It comprises three members.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Regional Cooperation Fund

Article R*4433-25

The committee set up by the second paragraph of article L. 4433-4-6 is called the Regional Cooperation Fund Management Committee.It is chaired by the Prefect of the region and, in Mayotte, the Prefect…

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