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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L2351-1

…s with registered offices in France incorporated in accordance with Council Regulation (EC) n° 2157/2001 of 8 October 2001 on the Statute for a European Company (SE); 2° Companies participating in the…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: TEMPORARY PROTECTION

Article L581-1

…ific group of persons benefiting from temporary protection instituted pursuant to Council Directive 2001/55/EC of 20 July 2001 on minimum standards for giving temporary protection in the event of a ma…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: TEMPORARY PROTECTION

Article L581-2

…by the decision of the Council of the European Union referred to in Article 5 of Council Directive 2001/55/EC of 20 July 2001, defining the specific groups of persons to whom temporary protection app…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Pharmacy professions

Article R4443-1-1

…ou de la Polynésie française, as the case may be"; 3° In all provisions, the reference to Articles 640 to 644 of the Code of Civil Procedure is replaced by the reference, as appropriate, to Articles 6…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Administrative formalities for companies

Article L123-35

When transmitted electronically, accounting documents shall be filed in accordance with the procedures laid down by decree in the Conseil d'Etat..

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Administrative formalities for companies

Article L123-34

In its relations with the administrations, persons or bodies mentioned in article L. 123-32, a company may not be required to give an identification number other than the unique number allocated under…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Administrative formalities for companies

Article L123-33

With the exception of the procedures and formalities required for access to and the exercise of regulated activities, any company complies with the obligation to declare its creation, the modification…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Administrative formalities for companies

Article L123-32

…d by the Social Security Code and the Rural and Maritime Fishing Code or mentioned in Articles L. 3141-32 and L. 5427-1 of the Labour Code and the bodies responsible for keeping a legal publicity regi…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Performance of the contract

Article L224-14

The customer may change supplier within the shortest possible period, which may not exceed twenty-one days from the date of his request. In this case, the contract is automatically terminated on the d…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Performance of the contract

Article L224-13

No charges related to payment rejection may be levied by an electricity and natural gas supplier on natural persons not acting for professional purposes who benefit from the energy voucher provided fo…

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