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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: The Trade and Companies Register

Article R123-166-2

The application file for approval includes: 1° In the case of a sole proprietorship, a declaration stating its name, its activity, its address, the address of its secondary establishments and the civi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Joint associations of local authorities, groups of local authorities and other legal entities governed by public law

Article L5843-4

…I. - For the application of Article L. 5722-1, the last sentence of the second paragraph is deleted.1° The words: "and those of Articles L. 3312-4, L. 3312-2 and L. 3341-1" are deleted;2° The last sen…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Provisions relating to the management of the guarantee fund for damage resulting from preventive, diagnostic or therapeutic acts provided by health professionals

Article R427-11

In order to cover the costs of compensation for which it is responsible pursuant to I and II of article L. 426-1, agreements are concluded between the fund and the insurance companies concerned on the…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Book IV: Organisations and special insurance schemes

Article R451-2

The bodies referred to in the last paragraph of I of article L. 451-1-1 are as follows: 1° The insurance companies referred to in I of article L. 451-2 and the insurance intermediaries referred to in…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Estimates and contracts.

Article 1792-1

The following are deemed to be builders of the work: 1° Any architect, contractor, technician or other person bound to the owner of the work by a contract for the hire of work; 2° Any person who sells…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Taxation

Article 662

Subject to special provisions, the following are liable to registration duties:1° When they do not give rise to the merged formality, the deeds referred to in 1 of article 635 ;2° The acts referred to…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Provisions applicable before the Examining Magistrate and the Examining Chamber

Article 706-124

If it considers that there are sufficient charges against the person under investigation for having committed the acts of which he or she is accused and that the first paragraph of Article 122-1 of th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Special training and adaptation measures.

Article L4142-1

Depending on the risks identified, specific safety training initiatives are carried out in certain establishments with the assistance, where appropriate, of the professional bodies for health, safety…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Suspended probation

Article D546-1

When the trial court pursuant to Article 132-41-1 of the Penal Code, or the sentence enforcement judge pursuant to article 741-2 du code de procédure pénale orders a probationary suspension with enhan…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Removal from the list of jobseekers

Article R5412-1

The regional director of Pôle emploi removes people from the list of jobseekers in the cases provided for in articles L. 5412-1 and L. 5412-2, with the exception of beneficiaries of the youth commitme…

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