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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Account funding

Article R6323-3-2

…s dépôts et consignations, which manages it in accordance with the provisions of articles L. 6333-6 and L. 6333-7. The account of the dismissed employee concerned is credited with the corresponding co…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Set-off and assignment of claims

Article L211-36

…an international financial organisation or body of which France or the European Union is a member; 2° Financial obligations arising from any contract giving rise to a cash settlement or delivery of f…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L6161-3-2

…ate body, the sums allocated to the closed establishment or service by the State, local authorities and their public establishments or by social security bodies and used to finance the fixed assets of…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Submission of applications

Article R612-3

…laid down by decision of the Director General of the Institut national de la propriété industrielle and to which shall be annexed: 1° A description of the invention, accompanied, where appropriate, by…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions.

Article L1235-3-2

…inArticle L. 1235-3, except when this termination produces the effects of a dismissal that is null and void in the cases mentioned in 1° to 6° of article L. 1235-3-1, for which the first paragraph of…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter V: Criminal provisions

Article L335-3-2

…ght, concealing or facilitating such infringement. II.-It is punishable by six months' imprisonment and a fine of 30,000 euros to knowingly procure or offer to another person, directly or indirectly,…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Chairman and Vice-Chairman

Article R1423-15

…cant for one of the following reasons: 1° Refusal of the chairman or vice-chairman to be installed; 2° Resignation; 3° Declaration of resignation in application of articles L. 1442-12 and D. 1442-18 ;…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L310-2-3

…n a foreign undertaking duly established in a third country has entered into a contract pursuant to 2° of I of Article L. 310-2 and is no longer in one of the situations provided for in I of the same…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions applicable in the event of recording using a secure electronic device

Article A37-27-6

The provisions of paragraphs 2 and 3 of article A. 37-27-1, IV of Article A. 37-27-2, and articles A. 37-27-3 to A. 37-27-5 shall not apply if the ticketing officer is equipped with a device enabling…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Sub-section 3: Working conditions of the pharmacists or veterinary surgeons responsible and delegated.

Article R5142-21

The pharmacists in charge or delegated pharmacists referred to in article L. 5142-1 and the interim pharmacists referred to in article R. 5142-26 are entered on the register of section B or section E…

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