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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Authorisation of derogations

Article L1453-11

Authorisation is required for the conclusion of an agreement as provided for in article L. 1453-8 which stipulates the offer of benefits whose individual or cumulative amount per agreement exceeds amo…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VIII: European companies

Article L322-28

…e société européenne shall be governed by the provisions of Council Regulation (EC) No 2157/2001 of 8 October 2001 on the Statute for a European Company (SE), by the provisions of Chapter IX of Title…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions common to ski lifts and conveyors.

Article R342-19

Articles R. 2241-8 to R. 2241-10, R. 2241-12 to R. 2241-15, R. 2241-17 and R. 2241-18, R. 2241-21 to R. 2241-26 and R. 2241-30, R. 2241-34 to R. 2241-36 are applicable to ski lift and conveyor service…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Miscellaneous provisions

Article 696-45

…the French authorities, the request shall be transmitted in the forms provided for in articles 696-8 and 696-9. The request will be followed up, unless there are special considerations to the contrar…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article R57-19

…bligations, under the conditions laid down by the provisions of articles R. 622-6, R. 622-7, R. 622-8 and R. 622-19 of the Penitentiary Code.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Discharge of liabilities.

Article R643-24

…me proceedings is subject to the notices and publicity provided for in articles R. 621-7 and R. 621-8. It is served on the debtor and, where applicable, notified to the claimant creditor.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Realisation of assets.

Article R642-4

…ar to the persons mentioned in Article R. 621-7 and is advertised as provided for in article R. 621-8. It is served at the registrar's request within eight days of the date of the judgment on persons…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Operations.

Article D514-4

Within the limits set out in Article D. 514-8, the institution may grant a loan for an amount greater than that guaranteed by the judicial auctioneers. If the pledged property is sold at a price lower…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Title VI: Obligations relating to the fight against money laundering, the financing of terrorist activities and prohibited lotteries, games and betting

Article R562-9

The implied rejection decision referred to in 1° of Article R. 562-8 is made after a period of 15 days from the date of receipt of the application file and the decision referred to in 2°, after a peri…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Information in companies with fewer than three hundred employees

Article R2312-19

…t, the information provided for under headings 1° A, 2°, 4° and 10° of the table in article R. 2312-8.

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