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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Procedure

Article R321-30

The annual report provided for in Article L. 327-12 sets out the findings of the supervisory board following its inspections. The observations of the supervisory board implicating an organisation are…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Provisions relating to the recognition and monitoring in France of convictions and probation decisions handed down by the competent authorities of other Member States of the European Union

Article 764-30

…e enforcement chamber considers raising one of the grounds for refusal provided for in 1° to 3°, 8° and 9° of Article 764-24 and in article 764-25, there is no need to inform the competent authority o…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Homeopathic medicinal products

Article R5121-107-2

…tate the reasons on which they are based. They are notified to the applicant or registration holder and state the appeal procedures and deadlines applicable. Such decisions may only be taken after the…

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Allocation of funds from the joint fund

Article D2135-30

…in equal shares, between each of the trade union organisations representing employees at national and cross-industry level and the professional employers' organisations representing employers at nat…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Tourist tax and flat-rate tourist tax

Article L2333-30

The rate of tourist tax is set, for each type and category of accommodation, per person and per overnight stay.This rate is set by deliberation of the municipal council taken before 1st July of the ye…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 4: Agglomeration communities

Article L5842-30

I. - Articles L. 5216-9 and L. 5216-10 are applicable in French Polynesia subject to the adaptations provided for in II.II. - For the application of Article L. 5216-10:1° In the first paragraph the wo…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Conditions for negotiating and concluding sectoral collective agreements

Article L7343-30

A serious and fair start to negotiations implies that the organisations representing the platforms provide the organisations representing the employees with the information they need to negotiate in f…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Provisions specific to public limited companies

Article R22-10-29

…are set at 20 million euros for the balance sheet total, 40 million euros for the net sales figure and 500 for the average number of permanent employees during the financial year. For the purposes of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 9: Interventional activity under medical imaging in neuroradiology

Article R6123-109-2

…ion may only be granted if the holder has access, on site or by agreement, to medical biology tests and labile blood products within a timeframe that is compatible with the safety of treatment.

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Voluntary sales of movable property by public auction

Article A321-30

…set for the test, in particular by insertions in professional journals, by posting in its premises and in those of the Chambre nationale des commissaires-priseurs judiciaires and by publication on it…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
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