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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Establishment and liquidation of claims.

Article L3253-20

…le or in part from the available funds before the expiry of the time limits provided for in Article L. 3253-19, the judicial representative shall request, upon presentation of the statements, the adva…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Criminal provisions.

Article L1543-4

The penalties provided for in Article L. 1543-3 are doubled: 1° If the offences provided for in the said article have resulted in the use of products being dangerous to human health; 2° If the offence…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L2141-5

…being accepted by another couple or another unmarried woman under the conditions set out in article L. 2141-6, including, in the case of the two members of a couple, in the event of the death of one o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Criminal provisions.

Article L2423-2

…II of this Part is applicable to Wallis and Futuna, subject to the following adaptation:In Article L. 2222-2 applicable in its wording resulting from Law No. 2016-41 of 26 January 2016, 3° is replace…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Provisions applicable to medical reservists

Article L3133-7

…cular : 1° The terms and conditions of the compensation mentioned in the third paragraph of article L. 3133-1 ; 2° The terms of compensation for periods of employment or training in the reserve of lib…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Rules governing the use of the reserve

Article L3134-1

…assigned to carry out local, national or international missions.II - Without prejudice to articles L. 1435-1 and L. 1435-2 of the present code, when it is necessary to reinforce the supply of healthc…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L4211-9

By way of derogation from 1° and 4° of Article L. 4211-1, establishments or organisations authorised by the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé after receiving the opin…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE III: Provisions common to the various commercial companies.

Article L235-9

…the day on which the nullity is incurred, subject to the limitation period provided for in Article L. 235-6. However, an action for the nullity of a merger or demerger of companies shall be barred af…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IX: Special provisions for insolvency proceedings covered by Regulation (EU) No 2015/848 of 20 May 2015 on insolvency proceedings

Article L693-1

…attention by the judicial representative appointed by the national court. The provisions of Article L. 622-26 shall apply to them. In the event of all or part of the claim being contested, the provisi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Commercial authorisation.

Article L752-5

…dent of the mixed syndicate or public inter-communal cooperation establishment mentioned in Article L. 143-16 of the Town Planning Code may refer the matter to the Competition Authority for it to issu…

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