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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Discipline of commercial court judges

Article R724-3

…e chamber president or councillor belonging to their court whom they propose to appoint pursuant to 2° of Article L. 724-2.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Allocation of the special profit-sharing reserve.

Article D3324-14

The sums remaining in the special employee profit-sharing reserve, pursuant to the second paragraph of Article L. 3324-7, may only give entitlement to the deductions and exemptions provided for in Art…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Liens and mortgages, subrogation.

Article 381

1. Any natural or legal person who has paid, on behalf of a third party, duties, fines or taxes of any kind for which the Customs are responsible for recovery, shall be subrogated to the Customs' lien…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article L311-1

The financial aid from the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée mentioned in a and b of 2° of article…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Obligations of the management company, the entity responsible for centralisation and the statutory auditor

Article L214-24-47

…nd is likely to have a material impact on its financial position, results or assets and liabilities;2° undermine the conditions or continuity of its operations; or3° Lead to the issuing of reservation…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Training

Article R1442-2

For the establishments and bodies mentioned in 2° and 3° of article D. 1442-1, the benefit of the provisions of articles D. 1442-3 and D. 1442-4 as well as access for salaried labour tribunal members…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: General provisions relating to elections to the disciplinary boards of New Caledonia and French Polynesia

Article D4443-20

…on of candidacies:1° Be a voter under the Order of Pharmacists of New Caledonia or French Polynesia;2° Be a pharmacist of French nationality practising pharmacy and have been registered with the Order…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R6226-2

…to the user company specifies : 1° The qualification or diploma being prepared by the apprentice ; 2° The nature of the work entrusted to the apprentice, which must be directly related to the vocatio…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Authorisation procedures.

Article R5141-29

…lts of which will be used to reassess the benefit/risk balance of the veterinary medicinal product; 2° The veterinary medicinal product in question must be available only on prescription and administe…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Criminal penalties

Article L1337-5

…rrying out an activity or using a process, device or substance prohibited under Article L. 1333-4 ; 2° Exposing people beyond the limit values set by the decrees adopted for the application of 3° of A…

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