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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Other provisions

Article L632-13

The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution may, notwithstanding the provisions of Act 68-678 of 26 July 1968 relating to the disclosure of economic, commercial, industrial, financial or tech…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Authorisation

Article R1271-13

…ce cheque centres, provided that their combined balance exceeds the minimum amount at all times. He may make transfers from one specific account to another. Under the responsibility of the issuer, the…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article 1387-1

…ed by the spouses, jointly or severally, in connection with the management of a business, the court may decide to make the spouse who retains the professional assets or, failing that, the professional…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Business management

Article 1301-1

…he management until the master of the business or his successor is able to provide for it.The judge may, depending on the circumstances, moderate the compensation due to the master of the business bec…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Inter-company college for safety, health and working conditions.

Article L4532-13

The inter-company safety, health and working conditions committee may define, in particular on a proposal from the coordinator, certain common rules designed to ensure compliance with the safety and h…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Status of commercial court judges

Article R722-13

…conditions laid down in the articles R. 722-14 and R. 722-16. The president of the commercial court may always preside over a chamber when he considers it appropriate.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Biological analyses and screening tests.

Article D1221-13

…b, c, d, e, g and h of 5° of article D. 1221-6 to the corresponding samples.Blood or its components may only be used for the purposes mentioned in the previous paragraph if the results of the screenin…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter II: Ethics

Article 132-7

Failure to comply with an ethical obligation defined in this chapter may be grounds for the Chairman of the Centre National du Cinéma et de l'Image Animée to declare that the member is permanently una…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Determination of the debtor's assets.

Article L624-13

Goods sent to the debtor may be claimed as long as the tradition has not been carried out in his warehouses or in those of the commission agent charged with selling them on his behalf. Nevertheless, t…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Transfer of beneficiaries of temporary protection or their family members

Article R581-13

A beneficiary of temporary protection in France may apply to join a family member who is benefiting from temporary protection in another Member State of the European Union. The prefect of the départem…

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