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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Manufacture of and trade in beverages

Article R3322-1

…considered to have been organised at least once every two years, for at least ten years and for the last time less than five years ago.

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Agreement on the duration of the contract

Article R6222-9

The tripartite agreement provided for in the last paragraph of article L. 6222-7-1 is not required in the cases provided for in articles L. 6222-11 and L. 6222-12-1, in 2° of article L. 6222-37 and in…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection II: Summary orders.

Article 490

…led against unless it is issued by the first president of the court of appeal or it was issued as a last resort by reason of the amount or subject matter of the claim. An order given in final instance…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Disputes relating to appointment

Article L1441-24

…in ten days of this appointment, before the administrative court, which shall rule in the first and last instance.

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Donation and use of gametes.

Article L1244-5

…tend the examinations and undergo the procedures required for ovarian stimulation and oocyte retrieval. If the donor is an employee, authorisation is granted under the conditions set out in the last p…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rights of patients and users of the healthcare system.

Article L1531-1

Article L. 1131-4, with the exception of its last paragraph, is applicable in the French Southern and Antarctic Territories. For its application in the French Southern and Antarctic Territories, the w…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Obligations of the insurer and the insured.

Article L172-20

…until eight days after formal notice to pay has been sent by registered post to the insured at the last address known to the insurer.

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter V: Judgments of the Cour de cassation

Article 619

Where, after cassation of a first judgment or ruling given at last instance, the second judgment or ruling given in the same case, between the same parties, proceeding in the same capacity, is challen…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IV: Judicial liquidation and professional recovery.

Article L644-1-1

…t, for the purpose of carrying out the valuation of the assets, one of the persons mentioned in the last paragraph of II of Article L. 641-1.

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter V: Legal proceedings

Article R615-3

The period provided for in the last paragraph of article L. 615-3 and given to the claimant to appeal on the merits through civil or criminal proceedings, or to lodge a complaint with the public prose…

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