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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Appearance before the Investigating Chamber

Article 695-33

…it to rule on the surrender, it shall request the judicial authority of that State to provide the necessary additional information within a maximum of ten days of receipt.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Term of office and termination.

Article L2314-37

When a titular delegate ceases to perform his duties for one of the reasons indicated in the present section or is temporarily absent for any reason whatsoever, he is replaced by a substitute elected…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Term of office and termination.

Article L2314-34

…ch agreement, a group agreement or a company agreement, as the case may be, may set the term of office of the employee representatives on the committee at between two and four years.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Term of office and termination.

Article L2314-33

…staff delegation of the social and economic committee are elected for four years. The number of successive mandates is limited to three, except: 1° For companies with less than fifty employees; 2° Fo…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Term of office and termination.

Article L2314-35

…ishment within the meaning of this title or if the modification mentioned in the first paragraph concerns one or more distinct establishments which retain this character, the mandate of the trade unio…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Term of office and termination.

Article L2314-36

…r of the Social and Economic Committee staff delegation may be dismissed during his/her term of office on a proposal made by the trade union organisation that nominated him/her, with the agreement obt…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 3: Regulatory capital requirement for groups.

Article R356-31

…contrôle prudentiel et de résolution exercises general supervision over transactions between insurance or reinsurance undertakings whose parent undertaking is a société de groupe mixte d'assurance and…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 3: Regulatory capital requirement for groups.

Article R356-30

…gs referred to in the first paragraph of Article R. 356-8 or the undertakings designated in accordance with 5° of Article L. 356-15 shall notify the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution at…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 3: Development of the innovation partnership

Article R2172-32

The purchaser may only acquire the products, services or work resulting from the research and development phases if they correspond to the performance levels and do not exceed the maximum costs provid…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 3: Development of the innovation partnership

Article R2172-31

…sion;2° Either to terminate the innovation partnership or, where there are several partners, to reduce their number by terminating their contracts.The innovation partnership mentions this prerogative…

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