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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Validation and controls carried out by the registrars of the commercial courts or the judicial courts ruling on commercial matters

Article R123-272

…123-243 to R. 123-245, in 1° and 3° of article R. 123-246 and in articles R. 123-247 to R. 123-251; 2° For legal entities, those mentioned in articles R. 123-252 to R. 123-258, 1°, 3° and 4° of articl…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Help with professional integration

Article R5134-28

…e period for which work integration assistance is granted: 1° The authority which granted the aid ; 2° The body or bodies responsible for paying the aid. An order from the Minister for Employment sets…

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Jobseekers

Article D6341-26

The remuneration due to disabled jobseekers, recognised under article L. 5213-2, who have been in paid employment for six months during a twelve-month period or for twelve months during a twenty-four…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Exemptions and special schemes.

Article 208 ter A

Local mutual agricultural credit unions taxable under 2° of 6 of article 206 do not include in their taxable income the interest paid on the shares they hold in the capital of the funds with which the…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Departmental maternal and child protection service.

Article L2112-2

…1° Prenatal and postnatal consultations and medico-social prevention activities for pregnant women;2° Consultations and medico-social preventive measures for children under the age of six, as well as…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Provisions specific to 1°: "intensive care" and 2°: "dispensatory polyvalent intensive care

Article D6124-28-1

…tensive care unit consists of : 1° Doctors specialising in intensive care medicine or anaesthesia ; 2° Where necessary, other specialised doctors required for patient management and with training or e…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Common provisions.

Article L322-2

…oned in article L. 354-1, if they have been convicted within the last ten years of:1° For a felony ;2° A firm prison sentence or a suspended prison sentence of at least six months for :a) One of the o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter 1-2: Examination of genetic characteristics, genetic identification and genetic research.

Article L1541-5

…ied in genetics" are replaced by the words: "a consultation likely to ensure appropriate treatment".2° Article L. 1131-1, in the version resulting from Law no. 2021-1017 of 2 August 2021, subject to t…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Counterfeiting litigation

Article L716-4-5

…been tolerated for a period of five consecutive years, unless the application was made in bad faith 2° Where, at the request of the proprietor of the later trade mark, the plaintiff in the infringemen…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Representation of the professions vis-à-vis the public authorities.

Article L814-2

The professions of court-appointed administrator and court-appointed agent are represented in dealings with the public authorities by a National Council of Court-appointed Administrators and Court-app…

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