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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General duties of chiropodists

Article R4322-31

The provisions of this Code of Ethics apply to all chiropodists registered with the Register of Chiropodists and performing a professional act under the conditions set out in Articles L. 4322-1, L. 43…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 10: Rights of the seller of furniture, claims and restitutions.

Article R641-31

I.-Articles R. 624-13 to R. 624-15 shall apply to judicial liquidation proceedings subject to the following provisions: The application made on the basis of articles L. 624-9, L. 624-10, L. 624-18 or…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 9: Transmission of information for the purpose of registering persons practising or likely to practise the profession of pharmacist

Article R4221-31

The information sent, pursuant to Article L. 4221-16-1, by the bodies issuing training qualifications to the service or body responsible for registering the persons referred to in Article L. 4221-16 a…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : The Regional Economic and Social Council

Article D4134-31

To set the maximum time to which elected representatives who have the status of employees are entitled pursuant to Article L. 4134-7-1, the legal working time for a calendar year is assessed on the ba…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Traceability

Article R3512-31

I.-The entity responsible for issuing the unique identifiers referred to in II of Article L. 3512-23 is designated by order of the Minister for Customs. II.-The Minister responsible for customs shall…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Open-cast earthworks.

Article R4534-31

In order to prevent spoil, materials, tools or objects of any kind from falling into trenches more than 1.30 metres deep, the trenches must be surrounded by plinths at least 15 centimetres high or hav…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Approval and supervision of pre-orientation and vocational education centres

Article R5213-31

The pre-orientation centres are placed under the control of the ministers responsible for social security, social action, employment, vocational training and, where applicable, agriculture, as well as…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Evidence and presumptions

Article 311-2

Possession of status must be continuous, peaceful, public and unequivocal.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Evidence and presumptions

Article 311-1

Possession of status is established by a sufficient collection of facts that reveal the filiation and kinship link between a person and the family to which he or she is said to belong. The main of the…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Evidence and presumptions

Article 310-3

Parentage is proved by the child's birth certificate, by the acknowledgement certificate or by the notoriety certificate establishing possession of status. If an action is brought pursuant to Chapter…

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