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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 7: Subsequent work on the structure.

Article R4532-97

The post-construction works file is handed over to the project owner by the coordinator on duty when the work is handed over. A record of this handover is attached to the file. The file is attached to…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 7: Subsequent work on the structure.

Article R4532-95

The file for subsequent work on the structure provided for in article L. 4532-16 brings together, in a slip, all the documents, such as plans and technical notes, likely to facilitate subsequent work…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 7: Subsequent work on the structure.

Article R4532-96

The subsequent intervention file is compiled during the design phase of the work by the coordinator responsible for it and forwarded to the coordinator responsible for the works phase, where this is d…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Exceptional conditions of administration.

Article R5121-96

Doctors, dental surgeons or midwives who do not practice in an establishment, service or centre mentioned in article R. 5121-88 or who do not meet the conditions set out in article R. 5121-91 may be a…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Fees charged by commercial court registrars.

Article R743-140

The emoluments due to the clerks of the commercial courts for drawing up and checking the conformity of the deeds of their department are subject to the following provisions.They include remuneration…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: European patents

Article L614-14

I.-A French patent application or a French patent and a European patent application or a European patent which has not been the subject of a waiver of the exclusive jurisdiction of the unified patent…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 12: Obligations to declare the transfer of medicinal products used in veterinary medicine

Article R5141-148

I.-The companies mentioned in 1°, 3°, 4°, 5°, 8° and 9° of article R. 5142-1 declare, for transfers of veterinary medicinal products containing one or more antibiotic substances, the following data: 1…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 3: Specific provisions for foreign nationals whose conduct is linked to terrorist activities

Article L733-14

A foreign national sentenced to deportation from French territory for acts of terrorism under Title II of Book IV of the Criminal Code, or subject to a deportation order issued for behaviour related t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 6: Miscellaneous benefits

Article A743-14

The services listed under numbers 138 to 142 of the table mentioned in article A. 743-8 give rise to the collection of the following fees:Number of the service (table 2 of article appendix 4-7) Descri…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Admission to trading

Article L421-14

I.-The admission of financial instruments and assets referred to in II of Article L. 421-1 to trading on a regulated market is decided by the market undertaking, in accordance with the rules of the ma…

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