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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Remuneration of the administrator, the administrator responsible for the implementation of the plan, the mandataire judiciaire and the liquidator

Article R663-38

The decision authorising the payment of an advance or fixing the remuneration of the court-appointed administrators, plan implementation commissioners, court-appointed agents and liquidators may be co…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: General conditions

Article R2142-3

An economic operator may have recourse to the capacities of other economic operators, whatever the legal nature of the links which bind it to these operators. The purchaser may require the economic op…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Plant breeding

Article L623-39

During the withholding period referred to in Article L. 623-36 and in the second paragraph of I of l'article L. 623-38, the holder of the plant variety certificate may, at his request or at the reques…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Salary

Article D6222-33

Except where a lower rate is provided for by a specific agreement or contract, the benefits in kind received by the apprentice may be deducted from the salary up to a limit of 75% of the deduction aut…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Specific provisions applicable to clinical investigations of devices referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017

Article L1125-31

…cil of 5 April 2017; 2° The conditions applicable to the appeals provided for in Article L. 1125-4; 3° The minimum guarantees for the insurance provided for in the third paragraph of Article L. 1125-9…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Military personnel serving in the French army

Article L4061-3

…A healthcare professional is subject to the professional sanctions provided for in article L. 4137-1 of the Defence Code for acts committed as a result of or in the course of his professional prac…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Preliminary section: The single body responsible for business formalities

Article R123-3

The file referred to in article L. 123-33 and sent to the single body includes the following: 1° All the information provided by the registrant; 2° Where applicable, the applications for authorisation…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 4: Agglomeration communities

Article L5842-30

…an agglomeration community, its perimeter";2° The second sentence of the first paragraph is deleted;3° In the second paragraph, the words: "when the communes are part of the same department, or by joi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE I: Prevention of business difficulties.

Article R612-3

…e figures set for these criteria for two successive financial years. The provisions of articles R. 232-3 to R. 232-7 are applicable, subject to the adaptations made necessary by the legal form of thes…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Election of consular delegates

Article R713-37

I.-For the application of Article L. 713-7, the territorial chamber of commerce and industry shall request that companies entered in the register of commerce and companies provide it with the list of…

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