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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Public limited companies.

Article L225-266

In the event of legal action, the proxies elected at the last general meeting appoint one or more of them to represent the participants. If no election has yet been made, or if none of the elected pro…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: The Town Council

Article L2121-27-1

…expression of councillors elected on a list other than the one that obtained the most votes at the last renewal of the municipal council or who have declared that they do not belong to the municipal…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Delegation hours.

Article L2143-19

…ttached, as far as their remuneration and the related social security charges are concerned, to the last employment contract with the temporary employment company for which he was appointed as a trade…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Organisation of elections.

Article L2314-6

…ng the representative trade union organisations that received the majority of the votes cast in the last professional elections or, where these results are not available, the majority of the represent…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Privileges.

Article L3253-5

…tal amount of remuneration of any kind owed to the employees of these façonniers, in respect of the last sixty days of work or apprenticeship preceding the opening of the proceedings.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Rules specific to contracts with a particular purpose

Article D224-43

…ts, in particular those listed below, for a minimum period of five years from the date on which the last unit of the model concerned was placed on the national market: tips.The provisions of this arti…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Special provisions relating to inheritance

Article 807

III of article 806, with the exception of its third and last paragraphs, is applicable to public administrations, institutions, bodies, companies, firms or persons designated in I of l'article 806 who…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter IIa: Territorial economic contribution rebate

Article 1647 bis

…a rebate corresponding to the difference between the bases of the penultimate year and those of the last year preceding the tax year. This rebate is paid by the Treasury in respect of articles 1641 to…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R531-8

…Office for Immigration and Integration without delay. Failing this, all correspondence sent to the last known address is deemed to have been notified to the addressee.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: CONTENT OF PROTECTION

Article R561-15

…he/she has changed address without informing the Office, any notification made by the Office to the last known address is deemed to be in order.

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