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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Common provisions

Article L123-39

A decree in the Conseil d'Etat shall determine the list of information declared and documents transmitted by the person required to register, which shall be entered and filed in the national register…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Effects of the admissibility decision

Article L722-3

Proceedings and assignments of remuneration shall be suspended or prohibited, depending on the case, until approval of the conventional recovery plan provided for in Article L. 732-1, until the decisi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Single chapter.

Article L1111-3

The following are not taken into account when calculating the number of employees in the company:1° Apprentices ;2° Holders of an initiative-employment contract, during the period of allocation of the…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: PROCEDURE BEFORE THE FRENCH OFFICE FOR THE PROTECTION OF REFUGEES AND APATRIDS

Article L531-38

The French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons may take a decision to close the examination of an application in the following cases:1° The applicant, without a legitimate reas…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Health Agency for Guadeloupe, Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Martin

Article L1442-3

The following are attached to the Guadeloupe, Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Martin Health Agency: 1° La conférence de la santé et de l'autonomie de la Guadeloupe, de Saint-Barthélemy et de Saint-Martin,…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: Moral rights

Article L121-3

In the event of notorious abuse in the use or non-use of the right of disclosure on the part of the deceased author's representatives referred to in Article L. 121-2, the court may order any appropria…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Offering of banking transactions to individuals resident in France by credit institutions having their registered office in a state that is on the list of states receiving official development assistance and that is not a party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area.

Article L318-3

The marketing of banking transactions by one of the persons referred to in 4° of article L. 318-2 is subject to the provisions of the Consumer Code and this Code relating to advertising, canvassing an…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Grants and other revenue allocated by the Local Finance Committee

Article L2334-35

After constitution of the quota for the benefit of the territorial constituencies of Wallis and Futuna, the communes as well as the groupings of communes of the overseas collectivities and New Caledon…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 6: Monitoring and penalties

Article L1333-30

The Nuclear Safety Authority and the radiation protection inspectors shall monitor compliance with the provisions of this chapter, Articles L. 5212-1 and L. 5212-2 relating to the use of medical devic…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article L211-3

The beneficiaries of the rights opened up by this title may not prohibit:1° Private and free representations made exclusively within a family circle;2° Reproductions made from a lawful source, strictl…

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