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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Permanent representative

Article D561-3-1

…is met: 1° They have recourse on national territory to a number of agents mentioned in Article L. 523-1 or persons mentioned in Article L. 525-8 equal to or greater than ten; 2° The cumulative volume…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Termination by mutual agreement as part of a collective agreement on collective redundancy by mutual agreement

Article L1237-19-3

The collective agreement referred to inarticle L. 1237-19 is sent to the administrative authority for validation. The administrative authority validates the collective agreement once it has verified:…

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

Article L724-3-1

…re:1° A reprimand;2° A ban on being appointed to single-judge functions for a maximum of five years;3° Disqualification accompanied by ineligibility for a maximum of ten years;4° Disqualification acco…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Designation of customs officers responsible for certain judicial police duties

Article R15-33-1

…strates from the Public Prosecutor's Office, no more than one of whom may be an honorary magistrate;3° The Director General of Customs and Indirect Duties or his representative;4° The official in char…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Rights conferred by the trade mark

Article L713-3-1

In particular, articles L. 713-2 and L. 713-3, the following acts or uses: 1° Affixing the sign to the goods or to their packaging; 2° Offering the goods, placing them on the market or holding them fo…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Expiry of the contract term.

Article L1251-33-1

When, at the end of an assignment, the user company offers the employee a permanent contract for the same or a similar job, without changing the place of work, it will notify the employee of this offe…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Raw materials for pharmaceutical use.

Article L5138-3-1

…ceutical use, active substances which meet the requirements of the second paragraph of article L. 5138-3.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Provisions relating to the transfer of the person for trial on the merits or for trial on the application of article 122-1 of the Criminal Code

Article D47-37-1

In accordance with the provisions of article 706-139-1, where the investigating judge considers that there are sufficient charges against the person under investigation of having committed one of the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Authorisations

Article R6122-32-1

…equipment, as well as the technical operating conditions laid down in application of articles L. 6123-1 and L. 6124-1; 2° The number and qualifications of the medical and paramedical staff assigned to…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions common to the publication of a book in printed and digital form

Article L132-17-3

…in digital form, revenue from unit sales and from each of the other methods of exploiting the book;3° In all cases, a list of transfers of rights made during the financial year, the amount of the cor…

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