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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Establishments providing family information, advice or counselling

Article R2311-2

…fication. II.-The application for approval referred to in I must include the following information: 1° The identity of the person managing the establishment, as evidenced by : a) In the case of a natu…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Tasks of approved professional associations

Article R519-34

The association ensures that its members comply with the obligation to offer their customers recourse to a consumer mediator in accordance with the first paragraph of article L. 612-1 of the French Co…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXV bis: Procedure applicable to serial or unsolved crimes

Article 706-106-4

The public prosecutor may order an investigation or refer the matter to the investigating judge for the purpose of tracing the possible criminal career of a person convicted of offences under Article…

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

Article R422-51-17

The Director General of the Institut national de la propriété industrielle shall register the company, by way of derogation from Article R. 422-3-1, within two months of receipt of the declaration pro…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 6: Customs officers responsible for certain judicial police duties

Article R15-33-18

Customs officers performing judicial police duties pursuant to Article 28-1 are directed as appropriate either by the public prosecutor or by the requesting investigating judge. On the occasion of a j…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Minimum working hours and overtime

Article L3123-7

…ns set out in articles L. 3123-19 and L. 3123-27.The first paragraph of this article does not apply:1° To contracts lasting no more than seven days ;2° Fixed-term contracts concluded under 1° of artic…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Operations

Article L764-2

…ding resulting from L. 412-1 Order no. 2021-1735 of 22 December 2021 L. 412-2 with the exception of 1° to 3° of I and L. 412-3 Order no. 2019-1067 of 21 October 2019 II.-For the application of I: 1° R…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions specific to each medical profession.

Article R4113-15

…ing all or part of the share capital not held by the persons mentioned in the first paragraph or in 1° to 4° of the second paragraph of article 5 of the law of 31 December 1990 is prohibited to any su…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R125-2

…al officer invites the debtor to take part in the simplified debt recovery procedure shall mention :1° The name and address of the judicial officer appointed to carry out the procedure ;2° The credito…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Provisions applicable to the communes of Mayotte

Article R2564-1-1

…orded as follows:"Art. R. 2123-5.-I.-The duration of the hours credit for one quarter is equal to:" 1° To one hundred and fifty-six hours for mayors of municipalities with at least 10,000 inhabitants…

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