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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Installation

Article D1442-13

The councillors individually take the following oath: "I swear to fulfil my duties with zeal and integrity and to maintain the secrecy of the deliberations". A record of the taking of the oath is draw…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Installation

Article D1442-11

If they have never held judicial office in an industrial tribunal, they are invited to take the oath:1° The councillor appointed after the general renewal ;2° A councillor appointed during his term of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER VII: Metropolitan France

Article L5217-19

I. - The services or parts of services of the communes that participate in the exercise of the competences mentioned in I of Article L. 5217-2 are transferred to the metropolitan authority, in accorda…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The Board of Directors of the Executive Board.

Article L225-19

The Articles of Association must provide for an age limit for the performance of the duties of director, applying either to all directors or to a specified percentage of them.Failing an express provis…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The Board of Directors of the Executive Board.

Article L225-18

The directors are appointed by the constituent general meeting or by the ordinary general meeting. In the case provided for in Article L. 225-16, they are appointed in the Articles of Association. The…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The Board of Directors of the Executive Board.

Article L225-17

A société anonyme is managed by a Board of Directors consisting of at least three members. The Articles of Association set the maximum number of board members, which may not exceed eighteen. The Board…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Provisions applicable to the State, its public establishments and unauthorised purchasers

Article L2221-1

For partnership contracts concluded by the State and those of its public establishments, the launch of the partnership contract award procedure by the purchaser is subject to authorisation by the comp…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article L2224-10

The municipalities or their public cooperation establishments delimit, after a public enquiry carried out in accordance with Chapter III of Title II of Book I of the Environment Code: 1° Collective sa…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Composition of the jury

Article A212-114

The jury for the first- and second-degree state certificate in sports education (brevet d'Etat d'éducateur sportif des premier et deuxième degrés), meeting at the end of a course reserved for candidat…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Registration conditions and formalities

Article A212-111

I. - The registration file provided for in article A. 212-109 must be sent for each level of the "brevet d'Etat d'éducateur sportif" to the examining body for the examination session, no later than tw…

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