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Showing 14211430 of 68978 articles for Art. s. L. 145-1 to L. 145-60 + R. 145-1 to R. 145-38

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Counting of votes and declaration of results (R)

Article R1112-10

…publicly proclaimed by the president of the first polling station and immediately posted by the mayor. A copy of the minutes, to which are attached with their annexes the minutes of the voting operati…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Counting of votes and declaration of results (R)

Article R1112-14

For a referendum decided by a territorial authority other than the commune, department, region or Corsican authority, the results recorded at the level of each commune are sent to a census commission…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Counting of votes and declaration of results (R)

Article R1112-11

For a referendum decided by a department, a census commission, sitting in the departmental capital, totals the results recorded at the level of each commune as soon as the polling closes. It comprises…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Counting of votes and declaration of results (R)

Article R1112-13

For a referendum decided by a region, articles R. 1112-11 and R. 1112-12 shall apply. However, the census commission provided for in Article R. 1112-11 includes a person appointed by the president of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Operation (R).

Article R1221-9-1

The directory of training courses related to the exercise of the mandate of a local elected representative mentioned in article R. 1221-28 is drawn up by the Minister responsible for local authorities…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Mortuary rooms (R).

Article R2223-89-1

…ic bodies, companies or associations and their establishments authorised in accordance with article L. 2223-23, authorised by any person who is entitled to provide for the funeral, have access, under…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Provisions specific to specialised finance companies

Article L214-190-2-1

…ies or the issue of new shares or debt securities may be temporarily suspended by the Board of Directors, the Management Board or the company's senior managers, when exceptional circumstances so requi…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions relating to insurance undertakings.

Article R321-1-1

Each activity carried out by an insurance undertaking which undertakes both the risks referred to in 1° and 2° of Article L. 310-1 is managed separately, and organised in such a way that the life insu…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions relating to insurance undertakings.

Article R322-1-1

When an undertaking authorised in the legal protection branch wishes to opt for a management method other than the one it has previously chosen, it must inform the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et d…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions applicable to insurance undertakings.

Article R332-1-1

I - Notwithstanding the provisions of 2° of Article R. 332-1, insurance undertakings may not cover up to 20% of their liabilities with matching assets. II- Undertakings may also choose not to cover th…

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