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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions

Article L212-3-4

The provisions of II of article L. 212-3 as well as articles L. 212-3-1 and L. 212-3-2 are of public order.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Actions and resources of members of multidisciplinary occupational health teams.

Article L4624-2-2

…is examined by the occupational physician during a mid-career medical check-up organised at a time determined by industry agreement or, failing that, during the calendar year of the worker's forty-fif…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: The investigating judge: court of first instance

Article D32-2-2

…rt registry within the period provided for in the fourth paragraph of Article 116-1. The technical details of the audiovisual recording are determined by order of the Minister of Justice.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Negotiations on pay, working time and the sharing of added value

Article L2242-15

…annual negotiations on pay, working time and the sharing of added value within the company cover : 1° Actual salaries ; 2° The actual duration and organisation of working time, in particular the intr…

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

Article R712-28-2

Failing an express decision within the period mentioned in article R. 712-28-1, the declaration of division is deemed to be rejected.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Qualifications for succession.

Article 727

The following may be declared unworthy to succeed:1° He who is sentenced, as perpetrator or accomplice, to a correctional penalty for having voluntarily given or attempted to give death to the decease…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Jobseekers

Article R6341-29

Remuneration received for a vocational training course may be combined with pensions and annuities paid to workers recognised as disabled within the meaning of article L. 5213-1 or with remuneration r…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Jobseekers

Article D6341-26

…n the basis of the salary previously received within the limits of the minimum and maximum amounts set in article D. 6341-24-3. It is calculated according to the legal working hours set out in article…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2nd Subsection: Overall income

Article 164 B

…d in France; c. Income from businesses located in France; d. Income from professional activities, whether salaried or not, carried out in France or profit-making operations within the meaning of the a…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Statutory audit, other engagements and services performed by statutory auditors

Article R823-21-2

…vided for in II of the same article shall send the bureau of the High Council a request comprising: 1° Documents relating to the fees invoiced, over the last three financial years, for its task of cer…

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