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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Judgment of compulsory liquidation.

Article R641-1

…R. 621-8-1, with the exception of the last paragraph, R. 621-8-2, R. 621-10 and R. 621-12 to R. 621-16, as well as Article R. 631-7-1, are applicable to judicial liquidation proceedings subject to the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter V: Criminal provisions

Article R3135-2

Failure to comply with the provisions of articles L. 3132-1 to L. 3132-14 and L. 3132-16 to L. 3132-31, relating to weekly rest periods, as well as those of the decrees issued for their application, i…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Monitoring of biological limit values

Article R4412-32

…ments the preventive measures and means provided for in articles R. 4412-11, R. 4412-15 and R. 4412-16.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Plant breeding

Article L623-23

…d within the prescribed period the annual fee referred to in the second paragraph of Article L. 623-16. The forfeiture is recorded by the body mentioned in article L. 412-1. Where a decision is taken…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Creation of a new commune

Article L2113-17-1

…nt of local facilities under the conditions set out in the first four paragraphs of Article L. 2511-16. In the cases provided for in the second paragraph of this article, the expenditure and revenue o…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Approval of supporters' associations

Article D224-9

…Police Prefect to the supporters' associations referred to in articles L. 224-3, L. 332-15, L. 332-16 and L. 332-17 may be granted to supporters' associations meeting the following conditions:1° They…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Implementation within a group of undertakings

Article L3344-1

…rticle L. 345-2 of the French Insurance Code for companies governed by this code; 2° Article L. 233-16 of the Commercial Code for companies governed by that Code; 3° Article L. 511-36 of the Monetary…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Pricing and approval.

Article L5123-1

…d social security. Medicinal products on the list provided for in the first paragraph of article L. 162-17 of the Social Security Code may not be sold to the public at a price higher than the retail p…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7: Miscellaneous provisions

Article L5125-23-3

…tient's medical situation; 4° If the product prescribed appears on the list mentioned in article L. 165-1 of the Social Security Code, this substitution is made under the conditions provided for in ar…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK IV: Free pricing and competition.

Article R490-6

…pean Commission pursuant to the provisions of Article 15(1) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 of 16 December 2002 on the implementation of the rules on competition laid down in Articles 81 and 82 o…

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