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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Limited liability companies.

Article L223-11

…le to bonds issued by joint stock companies, with the exception of those set out in articles L. 228-39 to L. 228-43 and L. 228-51. Failure to comply with any of the conditions laid down in the precedi…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Entering sums in the automatic cinema production account

Article 211-36

…f a company that is a shareholder, within the limits set out in the first paragraph of I of article 39 of law no. 86-1067 of 30 September 1986 on freedom of communication, of a publisher of terrestria…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Accreditation of the quality of professional practice

Article L4135-2

…ervisory authority may impose sanctions in accordance with the conditions set out in Article L. 612-39 of the Monetary and Financial Code, with the exception of 3°, 4°, 5°, 6° and 7°.The Autorité de c…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Correction, withdrawal and publication of the application

Article R612-38

…in the Bulletin officiel de la propriété industrielle of the mention provided for in Article R. 612-39, the withdrawal is automatically entered in the National Patent Register. In all cases of withdra…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Single chapter.

Article L6211-4

…e task defined in the same article L. 6224-1; 2° To provide mediation as defined in article L. 6222-39 ; 3° To participate in the training of apprenticeship masters. In this context, they may enter in…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 6: Temporary storage (R).

Article R2213-29

…the conditions provided for in articles R. 2213-31, R. 2213-34, R. 2213-36, R. 2213-38 and R. 2213-39.The deposit of a sealed coffin in a depository may not exceed six months. At the end of this peri…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Meetings of the departmental commercial development commission

Article R752-20

…years of the notification provided for in Article R. 752-19 or, where applicable, to article R. 752-39 : 1° For sales areas that have not been opened to the public; 2° For permanent points of withdraw…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Scope and definitions

Article R4412-59

…nt as provided for in sub-section 6; 6° Workstation instructions as provided for in article R. 4412-39; 7° Monitoring of workers' health as provided for in sub-section 8 of the first section of this c…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Terms and conditions of self-employed practice.

Article R4322-77

Subject to compliance with the provisions of articles R. 4322-39, R. 4322-89 and R. 4322-93 of this Code, any chiropodist must, in order to practise as an individual or as part of an association, bene…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Enforcement provisions.

Article L323-34

…paid under a welfare or social assistance scheme, including those paid pursuant to Articles 35 and 39 (1) of Law no. 75-534 of 30 June 1975; The terms and conditions under which the persons concerned…

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