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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Combating drug addiction.

Article L3823-2

…Islands, subject to the provisions of Article L. 3823-3, in their wording resulting from Law No. 2019-222 of 23 March 2019 on programming 2018-2022 and reform for justice.Article L. 3421-5 is applica…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Non-seizability of the principal residence

Article L526-4

When applying for registration in the Trade and Companies Register, the Special Register of Commercial Agents, the Special Register of Sole Proprietorships with Limited Liability or the National Regis…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IIa: Measures aimed at eliminating pay differentials between women and men in the company and ensuring a balanced distribution of each sex among senior executives and members of management bodies

Article D1142-16

Any gaps in representation between women and men as referred to in Article L. 1142-11 are published annually, no later than 1st March of the current year, in respect of the previous year, in a visible…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Health-related products

Article R1453-5

The company shall send the information mentioned in article R. 1453-3 to the authority responsible for the single public website: 1° No later than 1st September for agreements concluded, remuneration…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Health nurseries.

Article R2324-8

…ndards for the rehabilitation of children set out in annex XXIV bis of decree no. 56-284 of 9 March 1956 supplementing decree no. 46-1834 of 20 August 1946, as amended, setting the conditions for auth…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Adaptation provisions

Article R2671-4

…7° In article R. 2351-12, the words: "within the meaning of the Commission Recommendation of 6 May 2003 concerning the definition of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises" and the words: "within…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Professional non-trading companies

Article R422-33

…r with acknowledgement of receipt, to sell his shares under the conditions provided for in articles 19 and 21 de la loi du 29 novembre 1966 et aux articles R. 422-28 et R. 422-29. If, on expiry of thi…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 1: Foreign nationals with EU long-term resident status in another Member State of the European Union

Article L426-11

…n national holding an EU long-term resident card, as defined by the provisions of Council Directive 2003/109/EC of 25 November 2003 concerning the status of third-country nationals who are long-term r…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Limited liability companies.

Article L223-23

The liability actions provided for in articles L. 223-19 and L. 223-22 shall be barred after three years from the date of the harmful event or, if it was concealed, from the date of its disclosure. Ho…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Dormant accounts

Article R312-21

…oned in the first paragraph of I shall publish the information provided for in II of article L. 312-19 and in the fourth paragraph of I of article L. 312-20 in their annual report or in any other dura…

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