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

Article R321-37

The Conseil des maisons de vente may only validly deliberate if at least six members are present. When the quorum is not reached on a given agenda, the council validly deliberates regardless of the nu…

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

Article R321-36

…college of the Conseil des maisons de vente is made up of five qualified individuals appointed under the conditions provided for in Article L. 321-21 and six representatives of the profession elected…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Cross-border transactions

Article R236-39

Cross-border processing operations are governed by the provisions of this subsection and by the provisions of subsection 1 of this section which do not conflict with them..

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IV: Penal provisions.

Article R247-3

Failure to comply with the filing obligations set out in articles L. 232-21 to L. 232-23 is punishable by the fine provided for in article 131-13 of the Penal Code for fifth-class offences. In the eve…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Cross-border transactions

Article R236-35

Cross-border division transactions are governed by the provisions of this subsection and by those of subsection 1 of this section and those of section 2 of this chapter which do not conflict with them…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE V: Economic interest groupings.

Article R251-3

The information provided for in Article L. 251-15 that the statutory auditor sends to the directors relates to any fact that he or she identifies when examining the documents provided to him or her or…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE III: NATIONAL AGENCY FOR TERRITORIAL COHESION

Article R1231-3

The agency shall assist the regional prefect and the departmental prefect in implementing the actions mentioned in V of Article 36 and in the second paragraph of article 41 of decree no. 2004-374 of 2…

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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 General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: FREE ADMINISTRATION OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES

Article R1116-3

The period referred to in the second paragraph of Article L. 1116-1 at the end of which the silence kept by the representative of the State is deemed to be the absence of a formal position runs from t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Composition

Article R1213-3

The four representatives of the départements and their alternates are elected by the college of the presidents of the departmental councils in a single-round majority list ballot, with complete lists…

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