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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Publication and filing of sector agreements

Article D7343-91

…in application of article L. 7343-49, are filed, in accordance with the procedures set out in I and 1° of II of article D. 7343-90, by the party who signed them. A receipt is issued to the applicant.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter Va: Divorce and legal separation by mutual consent by private deed countersigned by lawyers and filed with a notary

Article 1147

A mention of the divorce is made in the margin of the marriage certificate and the birth certificate of each of the spouses, at the request of the interested party or his or her lawyer, on the basis o…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 1: Failure to comply with house arrest requirements

Article L824-5

It is punishable by one year's imprisonment for a foreign national placed under house arrest pursuant to 6° or 7° of article L. 731-3 or articles L. 731-4 or L. 731-5 to fail to comply with the obliga…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5521-2

For the application of articles L. 5132-11-1 and L. 5132-15-1 in Mayotte, the words: "article L. 351-2 of the Social Security Code" are replaced by the words: "article 7 of order no. 2002-411 of 27 Ma…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Work equipment and means of protection.

Article R4722-5

The labour inspection officer referred to in Article L. 8112-1 may ask the employer to have the conformity of the work equipment referred to in Article L. 4321-1 with the provisions applicable to it v…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Financial and accounting provisions

Article R1233-2

The agency has the resources provided for in Article L. 1233-1. As such, it is subject, for its borrowings, to the rules set out in the I of Article 12 of Law no. 2010-1645 of 28 December 2010 on publ…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter VI: Criminal records

Article R291

Article R. 66-1 is worded as follows: "Art. R. 66-1.-For the persons referred to in the first paragraph of Article R. 62, the forms are sent to the chief clerk of the court of first instance, either o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 5: Collection of data and information

Article R444-18

…ollected pursuant to 2° of Article L. 444-5 are, for each calendar year, in particular an estimate :1° Of the total sums invested necessary for the acquisition of offices, studies or firms, of their b…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Procedure

Article R514-3

Any notification is deemed to be in order if it is made: 1° Either to the last holder of the filing declared to the Institute or, after the publication provided for in Article R. 512-10, to the last h…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Section 1: Seizure operations

Article R523-3

…ent is notified to the debtor by a bailiff's deed. Under penalty of nullity, this act shall contain 1° A copy of the court's authorisation or of the document by virtue of which the seizure was carried…

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