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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK IX: Overseas provisions.

Article L930-2

…etin officiel des annonces civiles et commerciales" by "Journal officiel de la Nouvelle-Calédonie" ;5° "Département" or "arrondissement" by "New Caledonia" or by "province";6° "Préfet" or "sous-préfet…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Conditions of practice of the profession of industrial property attorney

Article R422-55-1

…e professional activity of an industrial property attorney, in an academic or professional context; 5° By publishing works of a legal or economic nature related to the professional activity of an indu…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title I: Enforcement of criminal sentences

Article D48-5-4

A commission for the execution and enforcement of sentences is set up within each judicial court with the aim of: 1° exchanging information between all the players concerned on the conditions for impl…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Search for an assignment.

Article R6152-50-2

…nd validation of professional experience designed to encourage the practitioner to change direction;5° Support measures implemented by the Centre National de Gestion.The personalised professional deve…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
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 L141-30

Information may be provided to employees by any means, specified by regulation, likely to make the date of its receipt by the employees certain. When the information is made by registered letter with…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: PUBLIC SERVICE CONTRACTS

Article L1411-13

In communes of 3,500 inhabitants or more, documents relating to the operation of delegated public services, which must be submitted to the commune pursuant to public service delegation agreements, wit…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Employment and working conditions.

Article L1253-12

…to :1° Working hours ;2° Night work3° Weekly rest and public holidays;4° Health and safety at work;5° Work by women, children and young workers;6° The role of apprenticeship supervisor as defined in…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Termination of open-ended employment contracts.

Article L1532-1

When employees and companies operate in the local authorities of the French Republic excluded from the geographical scope defined in Article L. 1511-1, the provisions of Article L. 1231-5 are applicab…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article R121-7

…hom they have entered into a civil solidarity pact;4° Their parents or relatives in the direct line;5° Their parents or relatives in the collateral line up to and including the third degree;6° Persons…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 4: Exceptions for text and data mining

Article R122-26

Copyright owners shall inform the institutions mentioned in II of Article L. 122-5-3, at the request of the latter, within a reasonable period of time, or when the contract is concluded when lawful ac…

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