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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Model agency authorisation and operating conditions

Article R7124-12

The decision to suspend authorisation must be justified on grounds of urgency and may only be based on facts that immediately and seriously jeopardise the health or morals of some or all of the childr…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Contraceptives other than medicines and condoms.

Article R5134-12

Advertising to the public for a product or object defined in article R. 5134-11 :1° Is designed in such a way that the advertising nature of the message is obvious ;2° Contains at least :a) The name o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Purpose and terms of the contract

Article D6114-12

…ts, in particular those covered by the regional intervention fund provided for in article L. 1435-8 and which have been the subject of a financing decision.

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IV: Provisions applicable in French Polynesia.

Article L947-13

…3 of Chapter III of Title II of Book VII, the following provisions are added: I. - To the list of candidates declared elected, the committee provided for by Article L. 723-13 shall append a supplemen…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions applicable to sociétés d'exercice libéral.

Article R743-134

…any. His shares or corporate units are transferred under the conditions laid down in article R. 743-128.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions applicable to sociétés d'exercice libéral.

Article R743-133

In addition to the information provided for in article 2 of law no. 90-1258 of 31 December 1990, all correspondence and documents issued by the company must indicate its status as a company holding an…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 2: Conditions for registration on the lists of judicial representatives.

Article R812-13

I. - Pursuant to the provisions of the eighth paragraph of Article L. 812-3, are exempt from professional training:- court-appointed administrators, lawyers, notaries, auctioneers, bailiffs, commercia…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Conditions for registration on the lists of judicial representatives

Article A812-13

…o qualify for the profession of judicial representative is organised at least once a year.The dates and places of the tests are set by the Minister of Justice and published, four months before the dat…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10: Special provisions.

Article R5141-130

…The qualified person shall send the application for authorisation provided for in Article L. 5141-12 to the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'env…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: Spouse and child of a foreign national holding long-term resident status - EU in another Member State of the European Union

Article L426-14

For the application of articles L. 426-12 and L. 426-13, all the applicant's own resources and, where applicable, those of his or her spouse or parent, are taken into account, independently of the fam…

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