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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Extension of employment

Article R6152-814

…rs born between 1 July 1951 and 31 December 1951;3° Fifty-one months for practitioners born in 1952;4° Forty-six months for practitioners born in 1953;5° Forty-one months for practitioners born in 195…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: PROCEDURE BEFORE THE FRENCH OFFICE FOR THE PROTECTION OF REFUGEES AND APATRIDS

Article L531-40

If, within less than nine months of the decision to close the file taken pursuant to articles L. 531-37 or L. 531-38, the asylum seeker requests that the file be reopened or submits a new application,…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Provisions specific to contracts concluded by electronic means

Article 1127-4

Outside the cases provided for in articles 1125 and 1126, the delivery of an electronic writing is effective when the addressee, after having been able to take cognisance of it, has acknowledged recei…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Overall operating grant

Article L3334-6-1

…lculated by taking into account the population defined in the first paragraph of article L. 3334-2 ;4° The ratio between the average per capita income of all the urban départements and the per capita…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Powers

Article L621-7

…rtfolio management companies, market undertakings, members of regulated markets and clearing houses;4° The rules applicable to the persons referred to in Article L. 532-18-1 ; 5° The conditions under…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Fees charged by judicial auctioneers

Article A444-9

The discounts provided for in the fifth paragraph of Article L. 444-2 on the proportional emoluments mentioned in the first paragraphs of articles A. 444-2 to A. 444-4 are granted up to a rate that ma…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Remuneration of the administrator, the administrator responsible for the implementation of the plan, the mandataire judiciaire and the liquidator

Article A663-15-1

In accordance with the provisions of Article R. 663-15-1, the emolument due to the plan execution commissioner, in respect of the work he has carried out in connection with new cash contributions prov…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General mortgages

Article 2393

…adults under guardianship against the legal administrator or guardian; > (Repealed) 3° (Repealed); 4° those of the legatee, on the immovable property of the succession, by virtue of article 1017; > (…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK IX: Overseas provisions.

Article L950-2

…ière instance statuant en matière commerciale";3° "Conseil de prud'hommes" by "tribunal du travail";4° "Bulletin officiel des annonces civiles et commerciales" by "Journal officiel du territoire" ;5°…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Information on substances and mixtures

Article R1341-8

The body mentioned in Article L. 4411-4 of the Labour Code, the bodies responsible for toxicovigilance, the body responsible for managing the information system mentioned in Article R. 1340-6, the Age…

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