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Showing 461470 of 45512 articles for Art. Rép. Rabault: AN 25-2-2020 n° 24560

French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IV: Judicial liquidation and professional recovery.

Article R645-25

…asis of the first paragraph of II or III of article L. 812-2, the court clerk shall send the debtor and the public prosecutor a detailed account of his fees, costs and disbursements drawn up in accord…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Exploitation rights

Article R613-25-2

The order granting the compulsory operating licence shall be issued after a reasoned opinion has been given by the committee referred to in Article R. 613-10 which shall give its opinion on whether th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Revenue

Article L2564-25

Sont applicables à Mayotte à compter du 1er janvier 2014 : 1° Les articles L. 2334-4 à L. 2334-6 ; 2° La section II of Chapter IV of Title III of Book III of this Part.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter III: CONTROL OF DETENTION BY THE JUDICIAL AUTHORITY

Article L743-25

…cle L. 742-2, the foreign national is given the opportunity, if he so wishes, to contact his lawyer and a third party, to meet a doctor and to eat.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Purpose, organisation and operation

Article D6352-25

The purpose of vocational training centres is: 1° Either to provide workers with accelerated vocational training enabling them to practise a trade, adapt to a new trade or acquire a higher level vocat…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7: Involvement of midwives in vaccination policy

Article D4151-25

I.-Midwives may prescribe and administer the vaccines mentioned in the decrees provided for in 1° and 2° of article L. 4151-2 to persons whose age conditions and, where applicable, pathologies are spe…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Childhood obesity prevention pathways-provisions common to health centres and nursing homes

Article D6323-25-2

The centres and health centres implement the childhood obesity prevention pathway, the check-ups and the procedures mentioned in article D. 6323-25-1 under conditions and procedures that comply with s…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Scope of application

Article 258 A

…derogation from the provisions of I of Article 258: 1° The place of supply of goods dispatched or transported from France to another Member State in the context of intra-Community distance selling sha…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IIIb: Medical regulation assistants

Article L4393-25

The following are determined by decree of the Conseil d'Etat: 1° The composition and operation of the commission mentioned in article L. 4393-21 and the conditions under which the person concerned is…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Judicial police files

Article R40-25

…s in respect of whom there is serious or corroborating evidence during a preliminary investigation, an investigation in flagrante delicto or on the basis of a letter rogatory, making it likely that th…

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