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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 6: Publication of the register

Article R123-155

Any registration gives rise to the insertion of a notice in the Bulletin officiel des annonces civiles et commerciales.However, the insertion of a notice is not required in the case of the registratio…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Board of Directors and General Management.

Article R225-16

The mandate of the permanent representative appointed by a legal entity appointed as director is given to him for the duration of the latter's term of office. If the legal entity revokes the mandate o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Public limited companies.

Article R225-75

As from the date on which the meeting is convened, any shareholder may request in writing that the company send him a remote voting form, by electronic means if necessary, under the conditions defined…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Provisions specific to public limited companies

Article R22-10-7

The contribution auditors are chosen from among the statutory auditors registered on the list provided for in I of article L. 822-1 or from among the experts registered on one of the lists drawn up by…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: The Conseil des ventes volontaires de meubles aux enchères publiques.

Article R321-36-1

The natural person operators designated in I of Article L. 321-4 as well as the natural persons who are directors, partners or employees of a legal entity operator and who are authorised to conduct vo…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Discipline.

Article R321-49-1

If a member of the committee is unable to attend, his or her alternate shall take his or her place. If a member is permanently unable to attend during his or her term of office, his or her alternate s…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE TITLE: CONGRESS OF DEPARTMENTAL AND REGIONAL ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES AND MAYORS

Article L5914-1

When the congress of departmental and regional elected representatives and mayors meets, articles L. 3123-1 to L. 3123-6 , L. 4135-1 to L. 4135-6 and L. 2123-1 to L. 2123-8 apply respectively to gener…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE V: COMMUNITY ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICES

Article LO6353-3

The individual powers of the Executive Councillors are exercised within the framework of decisions taken by the Executive Council. Each Executive Councillor is responsible to the Executive Council for…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Organisation

Article R1232-3

The term of office of the Chairman of the Board of Directors is three years. This term of office may be renewed once.The age limit applicable to him/her is set at seventy-five years. The Board of Dire…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Authorisation for members of the gendarmerie and officials of the national police force with the status of judicial police officers to effectively exercise the powers associated with this status.

Article R15-5

The Public Prosecutor grants or refuses, by order, authorisation to effectively exercise the attributions attached to the status of judicial police officer.When considering refusing authorisation, the…

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