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Showing 341350 of 23445 articles for Art. Aut. conc. n° 09-DCC-45 du 28 Sept 2009

French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Discipline

Article R811-45

The judicial administrator subject to disciplinary proceedings is summoned to appear by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt at least fifteen days in advance. The summons shall specify, o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Accounts, deposit of funds, controls and miscellaneous provisions

Article R814-45

…he minimum scope of the checks that the auditors must carry out. The costs incurred by the presence during the audits of the statutory auditor provided for in 2° shall be advanced by the National Coun…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions common to all companies

Article R822-45

If a firm of statutory auditors transfers its registered office outside the jurisdiction of the regional company to which it belongs, it must inform the Haut Conseil without delay.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Professional organisation

Article R821-45

The National Council and the Bureau shall keep a register of their proceedings. The minutes of each meeting shall be signed by the Chairman and the Secretary.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Registration upon declaration

Article A123-45

All applications for principal or secondary registration, for amending registration and, where applicable, for deletion shall be accompanied by the documents supporting the particulars contained in th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Fees charged by bailiffs

Article A444-45

Reporting to the Commission de coordination des actions de prévention des expulsions locatives, listed under number 205 in table 3-3, gives rise to a fee of €9.92 per payment order..

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Inter-municipal equalisation fund, allocations and other revenue distributed by the French Polynesia Local Finance Committee.

Article R2573-45

An initial portion of the fund, which is free to be used, is paid to the communes for operating and investment.This initial non-allocated portion may not be less than 70% of the fund's annual resource…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Budgetary and accounting provisions

Article D4425-45

All money orders must be accompanied by documents relating to the method of payment of the expenditure in accordance with the conditions set out in Decree 2012-1246 of 7 November 2012 on public budget…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 9: Informing and involving residents

Article R5211-45

…public de coopération intercommunale" instead of: "territorial authority having decided on a referendum" and : "president of the public establishment for inter-municipal cooperation" for: "president o…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Chapter IV bis: The Great Customary Council of the Amerindian and Bushinenge populations

Article D7124-45

The Customary Grand Council may only validly deliberate if half of its members are present, including members taking part in the debates by means of a telephone or audiovisual conference, or having gi…

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