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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE III: Brokers, commission agents, carriers and commercial agents.

Article R134-6

…d Thionville.When a declaration transmitted via the computer service mentioned in Article R. 123-30-14 is referred to the court clerk, the clerk exchanges information with the latter under the conditi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Authorisation for members of the gendarmerie and officials of the national police force with the status of judicial police officers to effectively exercise the powers associated with this status.

Article R15-3

…authorisation is transmitted according to the distinctions provided for in a, b or c of article R. 14. Periods during which the police officers referred to in 3° of article 16 are given the status of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Revitalisation by companies subject to the obligation to offer redeployment leave

Article D1233-38

…or in article L. 1237-19-3.III. - In the cases provided for in articles L. 1233-90-1 and L. 1237-19-14, when the job losses concern at least three departments, the decision relating to the obligation…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Tasks

Article D6323-20-4

…the transmission of a request for mediation to France compétences provided for in article R. 6123-14 ; 5° Controlling the quality of training provided as part of a professional transition project as…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 9: Establishments manufacturing, importing or distributing medicated feed.

Article R5142-54

Where the last paragraph of Article L. 5142-1 is applied, in the establishments of the companies mentioned in 11°, 12°, 13° and 14° of Article R. 5142-1, the pharmacist or veterinarian responsible for…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Issuing work permits

Article R5221-21

…L. 422-14 of the Code de l'entrée et du séjour des étrangers et du droit d'asil…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Commercial authorisation.

Article L752-1

…ss by car, integrated into a retail shop open to the public on the date of publication of Law No. 2014-366 of 24 March 2014 for access to housing and renovated town planning, and not entailing the cre…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Registration

Article A822-1

…t on the European Economic Area. Candidates who have a disability within the meaning of article L. 114 of the Code de l'Action Sociale et des Familles (Social Action and Family Code) and who are reque…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Property tax on undeveloped land

Article 1395 B bis

…to 100% for undeveloped properties located in natural areas covered by articles L. 322-1 to L. 322-14, L. 341-1 to L. 341-15-1, L. 414-1 to L. 414-7 of the French Environment Code. The five-year mana…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Hosting of personal health data on digital media subject to certification

Article R1111-11

…rtaking by the host to return all the health data to the data controller at the end of the service; 14° An undertaking by the host to destroy the health data at the end of the service with the formal…

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