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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Classes of affected parts.

Article L626-31

…lement the plan and does not excessively prejudice the interests of the parties affected. The court may refuse to adopt the plan if it does not offer a reasonable prospect of avoiding the debtor's ces…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Information obligations on the establishment

Article R3211-31

…ation of forty-eight hours of seclusion or twenty-four hours of restraint. This cumulative duration may result from: 1° Measures taken consecutively; 2° Measures taken non-consecutively but separated…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Budgets and accounts

Article D4425-31

…ticle 92 of law no. 2013-1278 of 29 December 2013 on finance for 2014, the Corsican local authority may deduct from this outstanding debt the amount of the receivable still to be collected from the su…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Appearance before the Investigating Chamber

Article 695-31

…further information has been ordered under the conditions set out in article 695-33. This decision may be appealed to the Supreme Court, by the Public Prosecutor or by the person sought, under the co…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: List of reference works

Article 311-29

…311-80, they must have a duration per unit work or per episode, greater tha…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Recognition of European investigation decisions

Article 694-31

…delay, a request for declassification and communication of the information pursuant to article L. 2312-4 du code de la défense and this request has not been accepted; if the declassification request…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Calculation methods for fiction, animation and audiovisual adaptations of live performances

Article 311-44

…n the basis of the percentage of persons or companies meeting these conditions per episode. Account may also be taken of the nature of the jobs, the duration of the commitments and the amount of the s…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Itinerant commercial and craft activities

Article L123-31

The terms and conditions for the application of this section shall be laid down by decree in the Conseil d'Etat, in particular the conditions for the authorisation of the agents mentioned in 2° of Art…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Advance information of employees enabling them to make an offer in the event of the sale of a business in undertakings subject to the obligation to set up a works council

Article L141-31

The sale is again subject to articles L. 141-28 to L. 141-30 when it occurs more than two years after the date on which all employees were informed of the sale. If during this two-year period the work…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Duties of sworn goods brokers

Article L131-31

Brokerage fees for public sales and the amount of fees payable to a sworn goods broker for the valuation of goods deposited in a general shop are set in accordance with the conditions laid down by ord…

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