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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Qualifying conditions

Article R742-3

…ma requirement provided for in 6° of Article R. 742-1 : 1° Former judges governed by the ordonnance n° 58-1270 du 22 décembre 1958 portant loi organique relative au statut de la magistrature ; 2° Form…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Organisation

Article L2511-3

…pectively.The boundaries of these arrondissements as they stood on 1 January 1983, the date of publication of the loi n° 82-1169 du 31 décembre 1982 relative à l'organisation administrative de Paris,…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE III: ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE TRANSFER OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES FROM THE DEPARTMENTS AND REGIONS TO THE TERRITORIAL COMMUNITIES OF GUYANA AND MARTINIQUE

Article L7331-3

…creation of the territorial authorities of French Guiana and Martinique constituted pursuant to loi n° 2011-884 du 27 juillet 2011 relative aux collectivités territoriales de Guyane et de Martinique e…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Public policy

Article L2312-37

…l and Economic Committee is consulted under the conditions defined in this section in the following cases:1° Implementation of means of monitoring employee activity ;2° Restructuring and downsizing of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Automatic registrations

Article R123-305

…n the trades and crafts sector does not comply with its obligations in terms of professional qualification or when it does not transmit the information provided for in 3° of article R. 123-279 within…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Automatic registrations

Article R123-311

…er, as the principal activity, the first secondary activity in the order of declaration, where applicable after validation of the latter by one of the aforementioned authorities. In the absence of sec…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Automatic registrations

Article R123-304

…tice, by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, to the registered person or, where applicable, their heirs or successors, to regularise their situation within a period of three months. If…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Automatic registrations

Article R123-301

…3° and 4° of Article R. 123-266 and in 3° of Article R. 123-251, which have not been filed electronically, as in the case of automatic registration and as specified in the second paragraph of Article…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Automatic registrations

Article R123-307

…of the departmental Chamber of Trades and Crafts is informed of the pronouncement of a measure of incapacity or prohibition from exercising a commercial or professional activity, from managing, admini…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Automatic registrations

Article R123-306

The registered person may, within six months of the deletion made pursuant to articles R. 123-304 and R. 123-305, as long as it demonstrates that it has regularised its situation, refer the matter to…

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