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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Direct referral to the Commission nationale d'aménagement commercial (National Commission for Commercial Development)

Article R752-43-3

When completion of the project requires planning permission, the new application is submitted in accordance with the provisions of articles R. * 423-2 et seq. of the town planning code. The mayor forw…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Counterfeiting litigation

Article L716-4-3

An infringement action shall be inadmissible where, at the request of the defendant, the proprietor of the trade mark is unable to prove that: 1° That the trade mark has been put to genuine use in res…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 7: Transformation and merger.

Article L5211-41-3

…has its own tax status, may be authorised to merge under the following conditions.The proposed perimeter of the new public inter-municipal cooperation establishment envisaged may be set by order of th…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Obligation to report and declare.

Article R1221-49-3

…ved in a blood donor or in a recipient are likely to be due to a product mentioned in II of article L. 5311-1 falling within the scope of another vigilance, a copy of the adverse reaction report form…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Provisions common to the National Commission for Voting Operations and the Regional Commissions for Voting Operations

Article R2122-48-3

The procedures for referring cases to the judicial court and the rules of procedure set out in articles R. 2122-39 to R. 2122-42 apply to challenges to decisions relating to the election propaganda do…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Direct access to specialised technical facilities

Article R6123-32-4

The establishment referred to in article R. 6123-32-2 which has signed the agreement referred to in this article shall enter into an agreement with the health care establishment authorised to carry ou…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Resale of second-hand medical devices

Article R5212-35-4

…the following information: 1° The information contained in the register mentioned in 5° of article R. 5212-28 since the acquisition of the medical device by the person responsible for the transfer. W…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions applicable to insurance undertakings.

Article R332-3-4

Net claims on the Caisse centrale de réassurance relating to operations in which this institution intervenes with the guarantee of the State are admitted to represent regulated commitments. Net claims…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2a: Provisions relating to local fire and rescue services

Article L1424-36-4

…under conditions laid down by regulation, be appointed to their ranks or duties jointly by the competent State authority and the mayor or president of the public establishment for inter-communal coop…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Recruitment, transfer and dismissal.

Article L1225-4-3

…contract during the ten weeks following a medically certified spontaneous termination of pregnancy between the fourteenth and the twenty-first week of amenorrhoea inclusive.However, the employer may t…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
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