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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter V: Social security and tax arrangements for profit-sharing

Article D3325-5

The tax-free establishment of the investment provision provided for in article L. 3325-3 and in II of article 237 bis A of the General Tax Code is subject to compliance with the provisions of article…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Statutory audit, other engagements and services performed by statutory auditors

Article R823-5

In the cases provided for in Articles L. 823-6 and L. 823-7, the president of the commercial court shall rule in accordance with the accelerated procedure on the merits on the challenge or removal fro…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Issue and maintenance of plant variety certificates

Article R623-53

The period provided for in the last paragraph of Article L. 623-27-1 and given to the applicant to appeal on the merits is twenty working days or thirty-one calendar days, whichever is longer, from th…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Pre-contractual information for borrowers

Article R313-5

…gle document, in accordance with the European standardised information sheet referred to in Article L. 313-7, a model of which is appended to this code.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title VI: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article R366-5

The Government of New Caledonia shall deliver the opinion provided for in Article L. 312-2 within one month of the referral of the matter by the High Commissioner of the Republic. This opinion is deem…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Status of the armed forces blood transfusion centre

Article R1222-58

…ts by the Armed Forces Blood Transfusion Centre are not subject to the procedure set out in article L. 1222-3 when they are carried out as part of the centre's mission as defined in 3° of article R. 1…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Voluntary sales of furniture by public auction.

Article R321-59

The renewal of the declaration provided for in Article L. 321-24 is accompanied by the documents mentioned in 6° and 7° of Article R. 321-58 and, in the event of a material change relating to the situ…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Transparency

Article R1451-5

…applicable, when they do not belong to the health professions, to the persons mentioned in article L. 1451-1 and to persons occasionally collaborating in the work of the consultative commissions sitt…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Right to support

Article R5131-5

…he bodies likely to contribute to it, as part of the career development advice mentioned in article L. 6111-6.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Role of local authorities

Article R5322-5

Information received by the mayor pursuant to article L. 5322-3 may only be shared by the mayor with his deputies who have been delegated to deal with placement or the allocation of social benefits, a…

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