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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Electronic voting

Article R7343-37

Voting takes place electronically. The system enables voters to cast their votes securely. To this end, two computer files are created for each ballot on the basis of the processing mentioned in artic…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: CONDITIONS OF APPLICATION OF THE SECOND AND THIRD SUBPARAGRAMS OF ARTICLE 73 OF THE CONSTITUTION TO THE TERRITORIAL AUTHORITIES OF GUYANA AND MARTINIQUE

Article LO7312-3

The articles LO 7311-3 to LO 7311-9 are applicable to this chapter.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Calculation methods for fiction, animation and audiovisual adaptations of live performances

Article 311-45

…tions are met:-the number of working days recorded on the positions listed in the last paragraph of 3° of Article…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 10: Digital asset service providers

Article L775-34

…r State of the European Union or party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area" appearing in 3° as well as the sixth paragraph of the article are deleted; 2° In article L. 54-10-3 and in VI of…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Correction, withdrawal and publication of the application

Article R612-39-1

Where the patent application has been filed in the form of a provisional application, the written request referred to in the first paragraph of Article R. 612-39 must be accompanied, on pain of inadmi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Conditions for holding office as mayor, deputy mayor, municipal councillor and arrondissement councillor

Article L2511-33

…he III of article L. 2123-24-1, the articles L. 2123-25 to L. 2123-29, L. 2123-31 to L. 2123-35 and 3° of Article L. 2321-2 are applicable to mayors, deputy mayors and members of an arrondissement cou…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 3: Illegal businesses

Article R352-34-1

When the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution temporarily suspends, restricts or prohibits the free disposal of all or part of the assets of an insurance undertaking, pursuant to 4° of Art…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Registrations and amending registrations carried out ex officio

Article R123-301

…ansmit to the keeper of the National Register of Companies the accounting documents provided for in 3° and 4° of Article R. 123-266 and in 3° of Article R. 123-251, which have not been filed electroni…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Borrowing

Article L2337-3

Communes may borrow subject to the provisions of article L. 1611-3-1.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Holders of a diploma from the Ecole des Techniques Thermales d'Aix-les-Bains.

Article D4321-33-3

…natomy, biomechanics and kinesiology ; 2° The application of technical aids and walking techniques; 3° The application of activation techniques in time and space; 4° Application of manual massage tech…

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