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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Commencement of duties.

Article R6152-16

Practitioners recruited under the provisions of 1° or 3° of article R. 6152-7 and article R. 6152-9 are reclassified at the step they held in their previous situation, with retention of their seniorit…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Subsection 1: Attachment of successively enforceable claims

Article R211-14

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Title II: Management of copyright and related rights by an organisation

Article R324-1

For the application of articles L. 132-20-2 et L. 217-3, a list of twenty mediators is drawn up by the Minister responsible for culture on the proposal of the approved collective management bodies app…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Termination of business.

Article R4731-10

The temporary cessation of activity following the formal notice procedure provided for in articles R. 4721-6 et seq. is the subject of a reasoned decision including the factual and legal elements char…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10: Special provisions.

Article R5141-135

Any modification concerning the elements and documents mentioned in Article R. 5141-130 is submitted for authorisation to the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimen…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Secondary insolvency proceedings

Article R692-1

Other than the documents mentioned in articles R. 621-1, R. 631-1 or R. 641-1, and in Article R. 690-1, the following documents, presented in French or accompanied by a translation into French, shall…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Complaints, applications and attachments

Article R4234-12

The complaints referred to in article R. 4234-1 and requests shall be submitted by any means, including dematerialised means, giving a date certain of their receipt. They must, on pain of inadmissibil…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Embryo reception.

Article R2141-12

The practitioner who meets the criteria mentioned in Article R. 2142-11 for carrying out the biological activities of preserving embryos with a view to their reception and implementation, mentioned in…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Miscellaneous provisions

Article R1335-13

The persons mentioned in article R. 1335-2 shall make the agreement and the monitoring documents mentioned in articles R. 1335-3 and R. 1335-4 available to the competent control officers, in particula…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter VII: International trade marks and European Union trade marks

Article R717-10

…conversion shall be examined and registered or rejected under the conditions laid down in Articles R. 712-9 to R. 712-23-1.

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