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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Approval and exclusion.

Article L125-18

In the cases provided for in the first paragraph of Article L. 125-17, the grouping or company may not proceed with the installation of a new successful bidder unless the former holder of the shares o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Misuse of title.

Article L4162-1

…f these professions is punishable as the offence of usurpation of title provided for in article 433-17 of the French Penal Code. Legal entities declared criminally liable, under the conditions set out…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Control by the Ministry responsible for culture

Article R321-23

…4 ; 2° With regard to the implementation of actions whose funding is provided for by article L. 324-17 : a) A breakdown of the amounts paid, by category of shares defined in the first paragraph of art…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VIII: Criminal records

Article 771-1

In application of Regulation (EU) 2019/816 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 April 2019 and of Council Framework Decision 2009/315/JHA of 26 February 2009 as amended by Directive (EU…

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French Commercial codeIn force
APPENDIX 4-1 (APPENDIX TO ARTICLE A. 441-2)

Article Annexe 4-1

…Article D. 441-4)You can consult the image in the facsimile in Official Journal No. 0068 of 21/03/2017, text No. 17, at the following address: https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jo_pdf.do?id=JORFTEXT00003…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Information and prevention visit

Article R4624-15

…ntion visit within the last five years or, in the case of the worker referred to in Article R. 4624-17, within the last three years prior to his recruitment, a new information and prevention visit is…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4 : Participation of medical transport companies in the on-call service for urgent medical transport

Article R6312-23-2

The organisation of on-call duty and urgent medical transport as defined in articles R. 6312-17-1 and R. 6312-18 is monitored every six months by the medical transport sub-committee of the committee r…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Contracts relating to liquefied petroleum gas

Article L224-21

Any professional offering the contracts mentioned in article L. 224-17 is bound by an obligation to inform consumers about safety during the performance of the contract, under conditions defined by jo…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Transmission of information.

Article R5323-10

…ith the principle of non-discrimination mentioned in articles L. 1132-1 to L. 1132-4 and law no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 relating to information technology, files and freedoms.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Beneficiaries of subsidiary protection

Article R424-12

…withdrawn if he loses the benefit of subsidiary protection in the cases mentioned in article L. 424-17.

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