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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Changes in share capital and employee share ownership.

Article R225-133

The maximum period of suspension of the possibility of obtaining equity securities by exercising rights attached to securities giving access to the capital, provided for the application of Article L.…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Resignation

Article R1237-13

…he aforementioned formal notice. The period mentioned in the first paragraph of Article L. 1237-1-1 may not be less than fifteen days. This period begins to run from the date of presentation of the fo…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Qualifying conditions

Article A742-13

The end-of-probation interview provided for in Article R. 742-15-1 takes place no later than three months after the end date of the probationary period.The date and place of the interview are set by t…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter III: Operation

Article 133-3

…ons, in particular due to requirements connected with filming or the promotion of a work, he or she may be temporarily replaced by decision of the Chairman of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'ima…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter III: Group action

Article L623-13

The association may, with the authorisation of the judge, appoint any person belonging to a regulated legal profession, the list of which is set by decree in the Conseil d'Etat, to assist it, in parti…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5141-13

…rticle L. 613-16 of the Industrial Property Code, patents granted for veterinary medicinal products may also, when the economics of breeding so require, be subject to the ex officio licence system by…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Professional rules

Article R1132-13

…onsults him or her with the same conscience and without discrimination, whatever feelings he or she may have towards that person, and without seeking to exploit that person's trust for personal or fin…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: The Town Council

Article L2541-13

…presence of the municipal collector. It establishes whether the expenditure mandates ordered by the mayor are regular and whether the revenue vouchers are complete. The mayor may attend the municipal…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Judicial police officers

Article R15-13

After the presentation of the report by the magistrate in charge, the judicial police officer may call witnesses whose names and addresses must have been given to the secretariat of the commission at…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Election of members of territorial and regional chambers of commerce and industry

Article R713-13

…e context of a territorial chamber of commerce and industry resulting from a merger. Each president may be represented by a member that he or she designates;3° One member of the regional chamber of co…

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