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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK IX: Overseas provisions.

Article L930-1

…Book I, with the exception of articles L. 123-1-1, L. 123-29 to L. 123-31, L. 124-1 to L. 126-1, L. 131-1 to L. 131-6, L. 131-9, L. 134-1 to L. 135-3, L. 145-34 to L. 145-36, L. 145-38and L. 145-39; 2…

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

Article R812-14

…applicable, completed the training period under the conditions provided for in II of Article R. 812-13 are exempt from all the qualifying examination tests. They are entered on the list of court-appoi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Tests of knowledge.

Article D4111-3

…al medicine: from among the tenured teaching and hospital staff governed by decree no. 2021-1645 of 13 December 2021 relating to teaching and hospital staff in hospitals and university centres;b) For…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Allocation of funds from the joint fund

Article R2135-28

I. - For the application of 1° of I of article L. 2135-13, the fund distributes its appropriations equally between employees' trade union organisations and employers' professional organisations in acc…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Collective investments

Article L214-1

…authorised in accordance with Directive 2009/65/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 on the coordination of laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to unde…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Intermediary parent companies

Article L517-4-2

…inancial holding company which has applied for approval in accordance with the provisions of L. 517-13, whose subsidiaries, which are exclusively or mainly credit institutions or investment firms, are…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter III: Withdrawal of approval

Article R383-1

…and second paragraphs of article R. 325-2, articles R. 325-10 to R. 325-12 and I of article R. 325-13 apply to the withdrawal of authorisation of supplementary occupational pension funds.For the appl…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Plant varieties

Article D623-58-1

…mmission specific to the plant variety field are governed by articles R. 615-9 to R. 615-11, R. 615-13 to R. 615-34, subject to the following adaptations: 1° The words: "Director General of the Instit…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Public authorities, public institutions or public utilities

Article 1040

…nd charitable establishments, and to public land establishments created pursuant to articles L. 321-13 du code de l'urbanisme. II. - Except where the land registration tax takes the place of registrat…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title IV: Suspended sentence and adjournment

Article 745

…ation to refrain from entering into contact with the victim or the civil party, provided for in 9°, 13° and 18°bis of the Article 132-45 of the Penal Code, the sentence enforcement judge or the prison…

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