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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 4: Disputes arising during the performance of a contract of employment

Article R743-139-12

…pplication lodged against receipt at the secretariat of the council, or by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt.The act of referral shall specify, on pain of inadmissibility, the identity…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Authorisation to set up within a reference area

Article R761-12-7

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Certificate of conformity

Article R752-44-12

The certificate of conformity may not be subject to reservations. Where applicable, it shall mention the differences noted with the commercial operating permit, which may not be substantial within the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Authorisation to set up within a reference area

Article R761-12-6

…d to the applicant either by administrative means against a receipt, or by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, or by electronic mail under the conditions provided for in the fourth para…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Authorisation to set up within a reference area

Article R761-12-2

…fifteen days of receipt of the application, indicate to the applicant, by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, the additional documents that must be supplied within two months of the ac…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Authorisation to set up within a reference area

Article R761-12-1

The authorisation application comprises two parts. The first part gives details identifying the applicant, the products whose wholesale is envisaged, the surface areas envisaged by the project as well…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Budgetary and accounting arrangements for the High Council

Article R821-14-12

…bts and the regularity of reductions and cancellations of revenue orders, within the limits of the information available to him;accurate settlement of revenue ; 2° As regards expenditure, the control…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Organisation and operation.

Article R814-122-1

The majority required to approve one of the transactions mentioned in the first paragraph of article 27 of Law no. 66-879 of 29 November 1966 relating to professional non-trading companies is that pro…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: General powers

Article R3551-6-12

…in his absence, of a professional or volunteer firefighter, officer, non-commissioned officer or rank, under the conditions set by the operational regulations. The director of the Mayotte fire and res…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Financial provisions

Article R5211-12-1

For the application of the eighth paragraph of article L. 5211-29, the share of tax potential corresponding to the perimeter of agglomeration communities resulting from the transformation of a new agg…

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