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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Hearing of the claimant

Article R249-35

Where the applicant has requested to be heard pursuant to article R. 249-19 and that his request has been declared admissible, the judge shall by any means inform the person concerned and his lawyer,…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Corporate mutual funds governed by article L. 214-165-1

Article R214-214-5

…s anonymes à responsabilité limitée issued by companies governed by law no. 47-1775 of 10 September 1947 on the status of cooperation when the fund is subscribed by the employees of these companies or…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Implementation of redeployment leave

Article R1233-32

…uneration paid by the employer in application of the provisions of article 32 of law no. 2000-37 of 19 January 2000 relating to the negotiated reduction of working hours. Each month, the employer will…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Conservatory measures.

Article R622-4

…ist the assets that it may request to be repossessed under the conditions set out in article L. 624-19. This list is appended to the inventory. Where applicable, where it is not registered in the Trad…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Regional Commission for the Coordination of the Actions of the Regional Health Agency and the Sickness Insurance Scheme

Article R1434-13

…plan for risk management and the efficiency of the healthcare system referred to in article R. 1434-19; 5° Giving an opinion on the draft regional multi-year action plan to improve the appropriateness…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE I: Provisions specific to Saint Pierre and Miquelon.

Article R910-1

…following provisions shall not apply in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon:1° Articles R. 123-209 to R. 123-219, D. 145-12 to D. 145-19, D. 146-1 and D. 146-2;2° Articles R. 229-1 to R. 229-26 and R. 252-1 ;3°…

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

Article R940-1

…R. 123-234-1 and R. 123-234-2 are applicable in the version resulting from decree no. 2022-1014 of 19 July 2022;2° Title II of Book VII in the version resulting from decree no. 2021-144 of 11 Februar…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Operation

Article R4134-18

…and environmental council, to the competent authority. Subject to the provisions of article R. 4134-19, the term of office of the members of a section is three years. It expires at the same time as th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 7: Liquidation procedures other than safeguard and legal redress

Article A743-15

…le: NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES TURNOVER MAIN EMPOLUMENT No employees 535.00 € 1 to 5 employees 585.17 6 to 19 employees Less than €750,000 1,226.06 € Greater than or equal to €750,000 1,382.09 20 to 150 empl…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4 : Participation of medical transport companies in the on-call service for urgent medical transport

Article R6312-22

…ors or time slots where on-call duty is required by the specifications mentioned in article R. 6312-19, the regional health agency may require the participation of any approved medical transport compa…

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