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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Commercial leases.

Article R145-38

Where, pursuant to articles L. 145-4, L. 145-10, L. 145-12, L. 145-18, L. 145-19, L. 145-47, L. 145-49 and L. 145-55, a party has recourse to registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, the dat…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book IV: Some special procedures

Article R53-12

…des analyses d'identification par empreintes génétiques mentionnées aux I et II de l'article R. 53-10 transmitted by international judicial police cooperation bodies or foreign police services may al…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Assistance and representation of the parties

Article D1453-2-12

Notwithstanding the provisions of article D. 1453-2-10, union representatives paid solely on a commission basis receive, within the limit of ten hours per month mentioned in article L. 1453-5, an hour…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IV: Judicial liquidation and professional recovery.

Article R645-15

…urt registry. The assigned judge who refers the case to the court in accordance with Article L. 645-10 has the clerk of the court's office summon the debtor to appear within the time limit he sets, by…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Voting and electoral operations.

Article R723-16

At the same time as the documents provided for in article R. 723-10, the prefect shall send the electors an instruction relating to the procedures for accessing the electronic voting system to which t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Tourist tax and flat-rate tourist tax

Article R2333-44

…ks and tourist car parks;8° Campsites, caravan parks and any other outdoor accommodation;9° Marinas.10° Accommodation awaiting classification and unclassified accommodation that does not fall under th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Competence required of practitioners

Article R2142-12

…ation activities, and who are in practice on the date of entry into force of Decree no. 2015-150 of 10 February 2015 "setting the criteria for the competence of practitioners practising within structu…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II : Special financing arrangements

Article R4332-11

Notwithstanding the provisions of Article R. 4332-10, the distribution of the allocation guaranteed to each region, before application of the transitional provisions provided for by l'article 17-1 de…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Provisions common to elections to the various disciplinary boards and chambers

Article R4125-8

…their candidacy and the date of dispatch of the voting instruments provided for in article R. 4125-10. Withdrawal of the candidacy of one of the members of the two-member team shall entail the withdr…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE I: The network of Chambers of Commerce and Industry.

Article A712-2

…g scale: CATEGORY NUMBER OF RESIDENTS INDICATOR POINTS 1 less than 5,000 300 2 5,000 to 9,999 450 3 10,000 to 29,999 600 4 30,000 to 99,999 750 5 100,000 and over 900

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