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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4a: Temporary open-ended employment contract

Article L1251-58-7

For the application of 1° of article L. 6322-63, the minimum period of presence in the company is assessed by adding together the periods during which the employee does or does not carry out an assign…

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

Article R743-142-7

…judge assigned to rule on an application for deferment or deferment of payment pursuant to article L. 645-6 and, for the second, in the event of the opening of compulsory liquidation proceedings purs…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Flat-rate grant.

Article L2334-7-2

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Flat-rate grant.

Article L2334-7-3

…December 2013 on the finances for 2014 or, failing that, from the twelfths provided for in article L. 2332-2 and in II of l'article 46 de la loi n° 2005-1719 du 30 décembre 2005 de finances pour 2006…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Invalidity of the trade mark

Article L716-2-7

An action or application for a declaration of invalidity brought by the proprietor of a well-known trademark within the meaning of Article 6bis of the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions relating to water production

Article L2224-7-5

…when all or part of the water is produced from a sensitive abstraction point, as defined in article L. 211-11-1 of the Environment Code.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Commission du contentieux du stationnement payant (Pay parking disputes commission)

Article L2333-87-7

…illegality on formal or procedural grounds of the deliberation instituting, on the basis of article L. 2333-87, a parking charge; 2° The illegality of the act by which, where applicable, the collectio…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2 : Commission nationale d'aménagement cinématographique (National Cinematographic Development Commission)

Article L212-6-7

The members of the Commission nationale d'aménagement cinématographique must comply with the obligations to file the declarations provided for in 6° of I ofarticle 11 of law no. 2013-907 of 11 October…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article R324-1-7

…R. * 421-17 du même code, l'autorisation prévue au premier alinéa du IV bis de l'article L. 324-1-1 tient lieu de permis de construire ou de décision de non-opposition à déclaration préalab…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Common provisions

Article 706-95-17

The special investigative techniques mentioned in this section are implemented by the judicial police officer assigned by the investigating judge or requested by the public prosecutor or, under his re…

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