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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 1: Conditions for exercising the right to vote and stand for election and rules applicable to the conduct of elections to the Board of Directors

Article A114-2

…ballot, who are working in the establishment on the day of the ballot. Staff on availability, long-term leave or parental leave may not take part in the ballot. Within College 4, only sportsmen and w…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Conditions for registration on the list of court-appointed administrators

Article A811-32

…owledge is organised at least once a year. The dates and locations of the tests are set by the Minister of Justice and published four months before the date of the first test in the Official Journal o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Conditions for registration on the list of court-appointed administrators

Article A811-33

…time and place of the test will be sent to each candidate at least fifteen days in advance by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt or by any other means. Individual invitations mentionin…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Conditions for registration on the list of court-appointed administrators

Article A811-34

…pursuant to article R. 811-29: -National law relating to companies in difficulty; -European and international law relating to companies in difficulty; -Employment law related to insolvency proceedin…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Conditions for registration on the list of court-appointed administrators

Article A811-31

…nscription et de discipline des administrateurs judiciaires et des mandataires judiciaires, by registered letter, with acknowledgement of receipt or by any other means that ensures receipt or allows t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Conditions for registration on the list of court-appointed administrators

Article A811-37

The selection board will draw up a list of candidates who have been admitted. This list is published in the Journal officiel de la République française. The results are notified individually to each c…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Conditions for registration on the list of court-appointed administrators

Article A811-36

Each test is marked from 0 to 20. Each mark is subject to the coefficient laid down for the corresponding test. Admission is decided by the selection board on the basis of the average of the marks obt…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Conditions for registration on the list of court-appointed administrators

Article A811-35

For the written test, candidates may use codes and compendia of laws and decrees containing references to articles of doctrine and case law, excluding however codes annotated and commented on, article…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Conditions for registration on the list of court-appointed administrators

Article A811-38

The application for inclusion on the list of persons mentioned in article R. 811-27 is examined in accordance with the procedures set out in articles R. 811-29 and R. 811-31 to R. 811-35.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Deposits required from legal entities whose registered office is on French territory

Article A123-61

…bunaux de commerce and the Director General of the Institut national de la propriété industrielle determines the exchange formats and the order in which documents are transmitted to the registries. Re…

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