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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 16: Maintenance and repair of DIY and gardening power tools

Article D224-64

…ic is received to make a request for maintenance or repair of equipment mentioned in Article R. 224-62, the professional, mentioned in Article L. 224-112, informs the consumer of the possibility of op…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE VIII BIS: Special provisions for sole traders covered by the status defined in Section 3 of Chapter VI of Title II of Book V

Article R681-6

A creditor who is not a party to a judgment mentioned in article R. 681-5 may contest the separation of the assets of the sole trader by declaration to the court registry within a period of ten days f…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Work carried out using work equipment

Article R4323-64

…cess and positioning techniques may not be used to create a workstation. However, where it is technically impossible to use equipment for the collective protection of workers, or where the risk assess…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 1: General conditions of employment, recruitment and grading

Article R113-6

For each recruitment carried out in application of articles R. 113-4 and R. 113-5, the President of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée submits the applications for the opinion of a rec…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L4211-6

Any person who has obtained authorisation from the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé, after obtaining the opinion of the Académie nationale de médecine, may prepare a…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: General conditions.

Article R742-6

…terpreter brokers and ship's drivers benefiting from the provisions set out in article 5 of Law no. 2001-43 of 16 January 2001 containing various provisions adapting to Community law in the field of t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Wholesale distribution

Article R5124-63

…Health, after obtaining the opinion of the Minister for Humanitarian Action and, depending on the location of the proposed pharmaceutical establishment, of the Central Council of Section C or E of the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Provisions common to transferable securities

Article L228-6

…mitted to trading on a regulated market or to the operations of a central depository and which have carried out transactions resulting either in exchanges of securities or in the allocation to shareho…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Posting and distribution of union communications.

Article L2142-6

…the trade union organisations present in the company and meeting the criteria of respect for republican values and independence, legally constituted for at least two years, may make publications and l…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 3: Remuneration of the private project manager

Article R2432-6

…assignment, assessed in particular with regard to the number and volume of services required, the scale of the resources to be deployed, any allotment of public works contracts, the deadlines set and…

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