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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Occupational health

Article R1432-160

…alth and safety at work and medical prevention in the civil service. The Labour Inspectorate may be contacted under the conditions set out in articles 5-4 to 5-7 of the same decree.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Operation of the agency committee

Article R1432-102-1

The members of the staff representation and the contact person provided for in article R. 1432-102-2 receive the five days of training they need to carry out their duties in terms of health, safety an…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Object of protection

Article L511-8

…be reproduced so that it can be mechanically associated with another product by being brought into contact, connected, placed inside or outside under conditions that allow each of these products to f…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VIII: Transferable securities issued by joint stock companies.

Article L228-6-3

…during this period, taken all the necessary steps, under the conditions set by the same decree, to contact the holders or their successors..

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Commercial authorisation.

Article L752-1

Commercial authorisation is required for projects involving:1° The creation of a retail shop with a sales area of more than 1,000 square metres, resulting either from a new construction or from the co…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 4: Specific elements of the private project management assignment

Article R2431-35

The purpose of the specific project studies is:1° To define in detail the architectural and technical requirements based on the studies of the economic operator responsible for the works or the suppli…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Conditions of practice of the profession of industrial property attorney

Article R422-53

…indicative scale of the amount of his fees, distinct from reimbursements of expenses and royalties. Details of all such charges shall be communicated to any person who so requests.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter III: Other duties and taxes

Article 1006

The tax is set at 0.40% for movable property and 0.70% for immovable property, of the value specified in Article 1005. Payment is made, for the previous year, within the first three months of the foll…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Remuneration of sports agents

Article R222-37

…sports agent to 10% of the amount of the contract concluded by the parties that he has brought into contact, an order of the Minister responsible for sport specifies, where applicable depending on the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Bank cheques

Article R131-2

…n is achieved by the drawee affixing to the cheque a form containing, in addition to his signature, details of the certification and the date thereof, the amount for which the cheque was drawn up and…

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