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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Offences concerning limited liability companies

Article L241-9

The provisions of articles L. 241-2 to L. 241-6 are applicable to any person who, directly or through an intermediary, has in fact managed a limited liability company under cover of or in place of its…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Classes of affected parts

Article R626-52

…holds set pursuant to Article L. 626-29 are: 1° 250 employees and 20 million euros in net sales; or 2° 40 million euros in net sales. These thresholds are assessed on the date of the application to in…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sole subsection: Supplementary provisions

Article D3142-81

In the absence of the agreement referred to inArticle L. 3142-129, in undertakings with fewer than three hundred employees, the level provided for inArticle L. 3142-128 is set at 2% of the total numbe…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Psychiatric care procedure

Article D3844-3

…of the regional health agency" are replaced by the words: "the locally competent health authority"; 2° In the last paragraph, the words "Minister for Health" are replaced by the words "State represent…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Public declaration of interests

Article R1451-2

…grouping shall include the following information: 1° The surname and first name of the declarant ; 2° The capacity in which the declarant is required to make the declaration and a reference to the ad…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Medical professions

Article R4421-2

Articles R. 4127-1 to R. 4127-21, R. 4127-23 to R. 4127-84 and R. 4127-95 to R. 4127-112 are applicable to the territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands, in the wording indicated in the right-hand co…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Application for authorisation.

Article R5121-28

By way of derogation from 2° of Article R. 5121-25, for the medicinal products mentioned in this Article, the dossier attached to the marketing authorisation application is compiled under the followin…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Personalised pathway and republican integration contract

Article L413-4

A foreign national who has not signed the republican integration contract provided for in the second paragraph of article L. 413-2 when first admitted to reside in France may ask to sign it at a later…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 1: While the State responsible for examining the asylum application is being determined and for the purposes of enforcing the transfer decision

Article L751-3

Aforeign nationals placed under house arrest pursuant to article L. 751-2 may be placed in detention pursuant to article L. 751-9 if they present a non-negligible risk of absconding as defined in arti…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Registrant's annual report

Article R2234-1

…the year it covers and previous years. It includes in particular: 1° Economic and accounting data; 2° Monitoring of several indicators.

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