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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Incidents

Article R3252-43

When the legal relationship between the debtor and the employer ends, the funds held by the administrator are distributed.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Incidents

Article R3252-42

If, without changing employer, the debtor transfers his domicile outside the jurisdiction of the court hearing the proceedings, the proceedings are continued before the same court. Any seizures that m…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
3. Holidays.

Article R6152-45

Practitioners may be placed on unpaid parental leave to bring up their child. In this position, the practitioner does not acquire any right to retirement, subject to the legislative or regulatory prov…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
3. Holidays.

Article R6152-49

Hospital practitioners are entitled to fifteen working days' training leave per year to update their knowledge. Leave entitlements for two years may be accumulated. An order issued by the Minister for…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Common provisions

Article R718-4

The notifications provided for in this Title shall be made by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt. Registered mail may be replaced by delivery of the letter to the addressee, against rec…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title I: COMPLIANCE

Article R414-4

The establishments mentioned in article L. 414-1 which treat foodstuffs by ionisation are authorised by decree in the Conseil d'Etat.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Other activities of establishments

Article R1222-41

Medical biology examinations carried out by the Etablissement Français du Sang and the Armed Forces Blood Transfusion Centre, in particular "recipient" immuno-haematology examinations and complex immu…

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

Article R712-4

The claiming, on the occasion of a filing made in France, of a right of priority attached to a previous foreign filing entails the obligation to send to the Institut national de la propriété industrie…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Litigation concerning the invalidity and revocation of trademarks

Article R716-4

An official of the National Institute of Industrial Property who has investigated an application for registration of a trade mark or an opposition filed against an application for registration of a tr…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IIa: Emergency evacuation of victims by approved civil protection associations

Article R6312-48

Approved civil protection associations use first aid vehicles, known as "VPSPs", the minimum standards for which are set by order of the Minister for the Interior.

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