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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Personal recovery procedure with compulsory liquidation

Article R742-56-1

Where the provisions of Article L. 714-1, the provisions of the first and second paragraphs of Article R. 733-17-1 shall apply. The letter provided for in these paragraphs also states that failure to…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 6: Justification for the acquisition and transfer.

Article R5132-19

The managers of the establishments referred to in articles L. 5124-2 and L. 5142-1 and the natural or legal persons authorised to place orders with them must, at all times, provide proof of the acquis…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Procedures for mobilising trade receivables.

Article R313-15

The notification provided for in article L. 313-28 may be made by any means. Notification to the debtor of an assigned or pledged claim, in application of articles L. 313-23 to L. 313-35, must include…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Common provisions.

Article L322-1-5

…of association of this grouping may provide for it to be open to bodies in the following categories:1° Bodies governed by Title 3 of Book 9 of the Social Security Code or by II of Article L. 727-2 of…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions for initiating resolution proceedings

Article L311-19

Without prejudice to the provisions of Article L. 325-1, the resolution board may decide to withdraw all or part of the authorisation of a person subject to resolution proceedings, where appropriate a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Employment contract

Article L5134-116

…set as part-time, with the employee's agreement, after authorisation from the persons mentioned in 1° and 2° of article L. 5134-19-1. In this case, it may not be less than half the weekly full-time w…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Commencement of proceedings.

Article R621-13

…udicial representative appointed is not registered on one of the lists provided for in articles L. 811-2 or L. 812-2, it is attached by the court clerk to the copy of the judgment referred to in artic…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Bodies

Article R5211-1-2

…ent for intercommunal cooperation with its own tax status in the cases provided for in article L. 5211-6-2, this distribution takes place within three months of: 1° The date of entry into force of the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Democratisation and transparency

Article R5211-13-3

…designation of the property in accordance with the provisions of the first paragraph of article 5, 1 of article 6 and article 7 of decree no. 55-22 du 4 janvier 1955 portant réforme de la publicité f…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 211-132

…ects that meet the following conditions are eligible for support for the creation of original music:1° They must be intended for cinematographic works that :a) Have been approved for investment;b) Hav…

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