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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Professional organisation

Article R821-48

…il, whose agenda is set by the Chairman. It prepares the opinion of the National Council on draft standards submitted to it by the High Council pursuant to article L. 821-14. It forwards to the High C…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Professional organisation

Article R821-61

The Regional Council is convened by the Chairman when necessary and at least once every six months. It must be convened by the Chairman at the request of at least half of the members of the Council. T…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Professional organisation

Article R821-65

…egional company of statutory auditors. He represents the regional company in all acts of civil life and to take legal action. He shall ensure that the decisions of the regional board are implemented a…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Professional organisation

Article R821-51

The regional council of statutory auditors sits in the principal town of the court of appeal and is designated by the name of that principal town. When regional companies are grouped together pursuant…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Professional organisation

Article R821-58

…mbers by secret ballot, for a term of four years, a chairman, one or two vice-chairmen, a secretary and a treasurer, who constitute the bureau. The number of members of the executive committee may be…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Protection of works and objects to which copyright or related rights are attached

Article R331-7

The reports drawn up by the sworn and approved agents mentioned in Article L. 331-19 may be drawn up in electronic form. In this case, a secure electronic signature is used under the conditions provid…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Protection of works and objects to which copyright or related rights are attached

Article R331-6

…visuelle et numérique by duly constituted professional defence bodies, collective management bodies and the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée or bailiff's reports drawn up at the request…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Protection of works and objects to which copyright or related rights are attached

Article R331-8

The electronic communications operators mentioned in Article L. 34-1 of the French Post and Electronic Communications Code are required to communicate, by interconnection to the automated processing o…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Protection of works and objects to which copyright or related rights are attached

Article R331-9

I. - The identifiable and specific additional costs borne by the operators mentioned in the previous article in order to provide the Autorité de Régulation de la Communication Audiovisuelle et Numériq…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General conditions

Article 311-6

…works, or which are only incidental thereto, are not eligible for financial support for production and preparation.

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