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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Conduct of the procedure

Article R631-35

…when the court decides to resolve the plan pursuant to the third paragraph of I of article L. 626-27, it opens the judicial liquidation of the debtor in the same judgment.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Authorisation for creation, removal, modification or transfer

Article R5126-36

I.-The provisions of the first paragraph of article R. 5126-27 and those of articles R. 5126-28 and R. 5126-30 relating to requests for the creation and transfer of a pharmacy are applicable to reques…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7: Care of prisoners

Article R6111-29

…nd conditions for the involvement of the public health establishment referred to in article R. 6111-27 are set out in a protocol signed by the Director General of the Regional Health Agency, the Inter…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 6: Right to use journalists' works

Article L132-42-1

…the agreements mentioned in articles L. 132-37 to L. 132-41, L. 132-43 and L. 132-44 of this code may be negotiated and concluded, under the conditions provided for in articles L. 2232-25 and L. 223…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: General information

Article L611-1

Any invention may be the subject of an industrial property title issued by the Director of the National Institute of Industrial Property which confers on its holder or his successors in title an exclu…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Payments into the time savings account

Article L3343-1

If the agreement establishing a time savings account so provides, the employee may pay into this account all or part of the bonuses allocated to him under a profit-sharing agreement, as well as, at th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions

Article L5842-12

…21-1310 of 7 October 2021 L. 5211-49 law no. 2022-217 of 21 February 2022 L. 5211-49-1 law no. 2002-276 of 27 February 2002 L. 5211-50 Order no. 2015-1341 of 23 October 2015 L. 5211-51 and L. 5211-52…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Health conditions inherent in residential premises

Article R1331-26

…and devices comply with the conditions laid down respectively for each of them by articles R. 1331-27 to R. 1331-35. Dwellings located in local authorities governed byArticle 73 of the Constitution a…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: The institution and its missions

Article R741-6 bis

…l court clerk invested with a delegation mandate in accordance with the second paragraph of Article 27 of Order no. 2022-544 of 13 April 2022 relating to the ethics and discipline of ministerial offic…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Storage of embryonic stem cells

Article R2151-22

…laid down, where applicable, by the order of the Minister for Health referred to in Article R. 2142-27 have been complied with, in the case of storage by the nitrogen. The form and content of the appl…

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