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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: End of mandate

Article D1442-17

A councillor who relinquishes his office sends his resignation to the president of the industrial tribunal and informs the public prosecutor at the court of appeal by registered letter with acknowledg…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Contentious appeals

Article R2122-29

The court registry will notify the applicant and the interested parties of the court's decision without delay and within three days at the latest, by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt.…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Approval of the plan.

Article R626-17

As soon as the draft plan is filed with the registry by the debtor, the registrar convenes, by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, the debtor, the representatives of the staff delegatio…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Accounting and financial provisions

Article D1611-17

The public accountant of the principal shall be consulted on any proposed mandate. On expiry of a period of one month, he is deemed to have given his opinion. The principal shall send him a copy of th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 4: Entombment and closure of the coffin (R).

Article R2213-19

When the death appears to be the result of a suspicious illness which must be verified in order to protect public health, the prefect may, on the written and reasoned assent of two doctors, prescribe…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Operating resources

Article R612-12

The supervisory board shall set up an audit committee responsible, in particular, for issuing an opinion, prior to their adoption, on draft budgets and reports on budget implementation.The internal re…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Submission of applications for planning permission equivalent to a business licence.

Article R752-10-1

For any retail development project involving a sales area of between 3,000 m2 and 10,000 m2 and once the application file has been registered, the secretariat of the departmental commission forwards t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Professional organisation

Article R821-56

Any candidate for election as a member of a regional council shall send his candidacy to the council's head office, by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, at least one month before the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: National Committee.

Article R4643-15

The Financial Committee gives its opinion on the organisation's draft initial budget, as well as on changes to this budget envisaged during the course of management, and on the financing of investment…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Operating conditions.

Article R4644-1

The persons referred to in the first paragraph of Article L. 4644-1 are appointed after consultation of the social and economic committee, if any. They are given the time and resources required to car…

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