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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Supplementary provisions

Article L3122-21

…organisations in the company to the negotiations and set the venue and timetable for the meetings; 2° Provided them with the necessary information to enable them to negotiate with full knowledge of t…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions

Article R427-2

…ale de Réassurance ; c) Costs relating to proceedings and settlements to which the fund is a party; 2° In respect of the compensation referred to in II of Article L. 426-1 : a) Compensation expenses ;…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Title II: Protection of technical knowledge

Article R622-2

…d place of its first exploitation or, failing that, the date on which it was first fixed or coded ; 2° A graphic representation of the topography, inserted in a fold, in which those parts have been ma…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Title I: Trademarks and service marks

Article R714-2

…guarantee mark, the regulations determining the conditions to which the use of the mark is subject;2° Acts modifying the ownership of the mark or the enjoyment of the rights attached to it; in the ev…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title I: MEDIATION

Article L612-2

…a written complaint in accordance with the procedures laid down, where applicable, in the contract;2° The request is manifestly unfounded or abusive ;3° The dispute has been previously examined or is…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Control of training expenditure and activities.

Article L6361-2

…ganisations responsible for carrying out all or some of the actions mentioned in Article L. 6313-1; 2° Reception, information, guidance and assessment activities in the field of vocational training, t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Operations.

Article D514-22

…urn :1° to prove, in the legally prescribed manner, his right of ownership to the item in question ;2° repay, in principal, interest and fees, the sum for which the item was pledged; this is without p…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Resources

Article R1418-29

…ther payments from public authorities and all national and international public and private bodies; 2° Proceeds from the shareholdings referred to in 12° of article R. 1418-13; 3° Remuneration for ser…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Prescribing, ordering and dispensing procedures

Article R5139-28

…pharmacists managing pharmacies for internal use, doctors authorised to dispense medicinal products;2° Veterinary surgeons, army veterinary surgeons, and veterinary surgeons or doctors of pharmacy app…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Medical and psychological emergency units

Article R6311-26

…ogists and nurses volunteering to work within the departmental medico-psychological emergency unit; 2° Contributing, together with the emergency medical service (SAMU) to which the medico-psychologica…

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