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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Bodies and operations

Article L5211-11

…establishment of inter-municipal cooperation meets at least once every three months or, for unions formed for a single work or service of inter-municipal interest, once every six months. To this end,…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: The right to support for young people towards employment and independence

Article L5131-4

The support referred to in article L. 5131-3 may take the form of a contractual support pathway towards employment and independence agreed with the State, drawn up with the young person and adapted to…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Groupements de coopération sanitaire.

Article L6133-2-1

When, in application of article L. 6223-2, a medical biology laboratory is operated in the form of a health cooperation grouping, this grouping may invoice, at the rates for medical biology procedures…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Single section.

Article R1113-4

…his legal representative or any person authorised by him in return for the signature of a release form. A note of the withdrawal is made in the special register, alongside the deposit entry.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 6: Publication of the register

Article R123-160

…or denomination followed, where applicable, by its acronym; c) In the case of a company, the legal form; d) The address of the registered office.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Rent.

Article R145-3

…each of the various activities that are carried out on the premises ; 3° Of its dimensions, the conformation of each part and its adaptation to the form of activity carried out there; 4° Of the state…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VIII: Transferable securities issued by joint stock companies.

Article R228-93

…capital are not subject to the disclosure requirements set out in Article R. 225-120. Subscription forms are drawn up in accordance with article R. 225-128, with the exception of the information prov…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Provisions specific to various commercial companies.

Article R227-1-1

…f decisions referred to in Article L. 227-9 to be kept and the minutes to be drawn up in electronic form without specifying the procedures, the minutes shall be signed using an electronic signature th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE XI: FINANCES OF THE TERRITORIAL COLLECTIVITY OF FRENCH GUYANA

Article L71-112-1

The following form part of the revenue collected by the territorial collectivity of French Guiana: 1° The revenue of the departments provided for in titre III du livre III de la troisième partie; 2° L…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title II: Provisions applicable in New Caledonia, French Polynesia and the Wallis and Futuna Islands

Article R296

…f first instance in the original or, if necessary, after transcription onto a regulatory index card form. "

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