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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1-1: Competitive entrance examination to become a commercial court clerk

Article A742-8

For the admissibility tests, candidates may use codes and compendia of laws and decrees containing references to articles of doctrine and case law, excluding, however, codes annotated and commented on…

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

Article A743-8

The services listed in Table 2 of Article Appendix 4-7 shall give rise to the collection by the clerk of the commercial court of fees set in accordance with the provisions of subsections 1 to 9 of thi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: The National Council of Commercial Courts

Article A721-8

The General Secretary of the National Council of Commercial Courts prepares, attends and draws up the minutes of Council meetings, which are signed by the chair of the meeting and circulated to all me…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article A761-8

The market news department makes available to the managers of markets of national interest, for their own use, the economic and statistical information available to them.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1 : Examination for admission to the probationary period, probationary period and examination to qualify as a court-appointed administrator

Article A811-8

For the admissibility tests, candidates may use codes and compendia of laws and decrees containing references to articles of doctrine and case law. They may also use codes or compendia of laws and dec…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Examination for admission to the probationary period, probationary period and examination to qualify as a judicial representative

Article A812-8

For the admissibility tests, candidates may use codes and compendia of laws and decrees containing references to articles of doctrine and case law. They may also use codes or compendia of laws and dec…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Certification of accounts

Article A823-8

The professional practice standard relating to the audit procedures performed by the statutory auditor following its risk assessment, approved by the Minister of Justice, is set out below: . NEP-330.…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Preventive measures and resources.

Article R4542-8

The workspace has the following characteristics: 1° The tabletop or work surface has a low-reflection surface of sufficient size to allow the respective positions of the screen, keyboard, documents an…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Group, company or establishment occupational health and prevention services.

Article D4622-8

Specific procedures for managing the occupational health and prevention service may be established by group or company agreement or, failing that, by agreement between the employer and the social and…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Preventive measures and resources.

Article R4541-8

The employer shall provide workers whose work involves manual handling with: 1° Information on the risks they incur when the activities are not performed in a technically correct manner, taking into a…

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