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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: Endowments, grants and miscellaneous funds

Article R2335-12

Agreements between the Minister of the Economy and Finance and the Minister of Agriculture, on the one hand, and the Caisse Nationale de Crédit Agricole, on the other hand, determine the terms and con…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: COMMUNE SECTION

Article R2411-12

The special trade union committee authorises the chairman to bring the initial action, the appeals, and to sign any request for withdrawal or settlement intended to bring the legal action to an end.Th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title I: The Assize Court

Article A36-12

Under the provisions of the second paragraph of article 260, the number of jurors appearing on the annual lists drawn up within the jurisdiction of the assize courts listed below is set as follows:DEP…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book V: Enforcement procedures

Article A43-12

The fee for the social investigation mentioned in articles 1072, 1171 and 1221 of the Code of Civil Procedure is set at 600 euros for a natural person and 700 euros for a legal entity. The amount of t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Financial holding companies, parent companies of finance companies, mixed financial holding companies, financial conglomerates, mixed holding companies and mixed parent companies of finance companies.

Article R517-12

The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution has six months from receipt of the initial application to notify its acceptance of the application for approval. It has only four months from recei…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Provisions relating to the approval of agreements by employees in undertakings with fewer than eleven employees and in undertakings with between eleven and twenty employees without an elected representative on the social and economic committee.

Article R2232-12

At least fifteen days before the date of the consultation, the employer shall notify the employees of the draft agreement and the organisational arrangements defined in application of article R. 2232-…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Candidatures of professional employers' organisations

Article R2152-12

Applications from professional employers' organisations are submitted to the central services of the Ministry of Labour under the conditions laid down by order of the Minister of Labour. In particular…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Establishment and operation of the economic, social and environmental database

Article R2312-12

In the absence of an agreement as provided for in article L. 2312-21, the database is made available to the persons mentioned in the last paragraph of article L. 2312-36 on a computer medium for under…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Composition of committees

Article R2522-12

The members of the conciliation boards are appointed for three years.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Payments.

Article R3332-12

Amounts allocated by way of profit-sharing that employees wish to allocate to a company savings plan shall be paid into the plan within a maximum period of fifteen days from the date on which they wer…

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