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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 D4443-26

…lated and to matters falling within the remit of the Disciplinary Board or concerning its operation;3° The circular is sent at the same time as the declaration of candidacy to the State representative…

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK IV: Free pricing and competition.

Article L450-3-3

I.-As an exception to the last two paragraphs of Article L. 450-3, for the purposes of investigating and establishing the offences and breaches provided for in Title II of this Book, access to data st…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R222-12

…ll withdraw the licence of a sports agent who is subject to one of the incapacities provided for in 3° of article L. 222-9 or in article L. 222-11. A sports agent whose licence is suspended remains su…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter X: Information for employees in the event of the sale of their company

Article L23-10-4

The Articles L. 23-10-1 to L. 23-10-3 are applicable to the sale of a shareholding in a company that is subject to special regulations requiring all or part of its capital to be held by one or more me…

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

Article R741-10

The National Council of Commercial Court Registrars is made up of members elected by the commercial court registrars.In each court of appeal, the commercial court registrars elect a member of the Nati…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Obligations to adapt and redeploy.

Article L1233-4

An employee may only be made redundant for economic reasons when all efforts to train and adapt have been made and when the person concerned cannot be redeployed to available jobs located in France in…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subtitle III: Victims' rights

Article R2-15

…support and care for the people mentioned in 1° and to speed up the implementation of their rights; 3° To produce statistics. 3° To produce statistics >. This processing concerns events occurring with…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Conditions for registration on the lists of judicial representatives

Article A812-27

…governing the profession and the management of a law firm. The mark carries a coefficient of 1. >. 3° An oral examination consisting of a thirty-minute question by the jury on one or more of the foll…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Inspections and controls

Article R1435-12

…ust enjoy his or her civic rights and be in good standing with regard to the national service code; 3° He or she must not have been convicted of a criminal offence which has become final and which is…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Tax CodeIn force
4: Determining taxable income

Article 31 bis

The member of a société civile de placement immobilier, governed by articles L. 214-114 et seq. of the French Monetary and Financial Code, whose share of income is, pursuant to Article 8, subject in i…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
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