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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article R511-16-4

I. - With effect from financial years beginning on or after 1 January 2014, the persons referred to in II of Article L. 511-45 shall draw up a table grouping together the information relating to their…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Termination by mutual agreement as part of a collective agreement on collective redundancy by mutual agreement

Article L1237-19-4

…oyer of the validation decision within fifteen days of receipt of the collective agreement referred to inarticle L. 1237-19.It shall notify, within the same timeframe, the social and economic committe…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Entry on the Roll of the Association.

Article D4323-1-4

For the application of the provisions of article D. 4323-1-3, the information collected and sorted by the Order of chiropodists is kept by it for a period corresponding to the period of provisional re…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Realisation of assets.

Article L642-4-1

When the debtor carries on an activity that is covered by an administrative authorisation, approval, agreement or authorisation, mentioned in the 1° or 2° of II of Article 1 of Law n°2014-856 of 31 Ju…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Practice as a company

Article R422-40-1

…particular a société pluri-professionnelle d'exercice provided for in Title IV bis of the loi n° 90-1258 du 31 décembre 1990 relative à l'exercice sous forme de sociétés des professions libérales soum…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Transport, search, seizure and interception of telecommunications correspondence

Article R15-41-1

…hands of the court shall be sold and, where applicable, the proceeds of the sale shall be returned to the owner of the property in accordance with the procedures set out in this sub-section.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Actions in the workplace.

Article R4624-4-1

In order to avoid any deterioration in the health of workers as a result of their work, the occupational physician or, in inter-company occupational health and prevention services, the multidisciplina…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Title I: Trademarks and service marks

Article L712-4-1

…g persons may file an opposition on the basis of one or more of the rights mentioned in Article L. 712-4, provided that these rights belong to the same proprietor: 1° The proprietor of an earlier trad…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Miscellaneous provisions

Article 696-47-1

…of the principle of speciality by the person or by the foreign Government, authorisation is sought to extend the prosecution to other offences committed before the person's arrival on national territ…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Commercial authorisation

Article R752-44-15

For projects subject to retail authorisation, the Prefect has a period of two months from the date of receipt of the certificate to challenge the compliance of the retail development with the retail a…

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