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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Work permit categories and authorised professional activities

Article D5221-2-1

…technical staff directly attached to the production or direction; 4° Modelling and artistic posing; 5° Personal services and domestic employees during the stay in France of their private employers; 6°…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Issue and renewal

Article R7111-2

…ss agencies or audiovisual communication companies in which the applicant exercises his profession; 5° An indication of other regular paid occupations; 6° An undertaking to inform the Commission of an…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Authorisations

Article R6122-24

Evaluation indicators relating to healthcare activities or heavy equipment are defined by order of the Director General of the Regional Health Agency or, where there is an inter-regional health plan,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
1. Functions.

Article R6152-26-1

If the practitioner wishes to change his working time, he shall submit a request two months in advance to the director of the establishment and the chairman of the establishment's medical committee, w…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Board of Directors.

Article D6162-2

…are and the management of cancer patients. The list of the names of the members mentioned in 4° and 5° of article L. 6162-7 and in article D. 6162-1 is drawn up by the Director General of the Regional…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Persons required to register.

Article L123-1

…t in one of these departments;4° French public establishments of an industrial or commercial nature;5° Other legal entities whose registration is required by law or regulation;6° Commercial representa…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Enforcement of the vendor's lien and pledge of the business and purging of registered debts.

Article L143-14

As from the notification of the higher bid, the purchaser, if he has regained possession of the business, is automatically the receiver and may only perform acts of administration. However, he may app…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Miscellaneous provisions

Article L423-2

Decrees in the Council of State shall lay down the conditions for the application of this Title. They shall specify in particular: a) The conditions for application of Chapter I; b) The conditions for…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Qualifications for jury service

Article 256

…° Civil servants and agents of the State, departments and communes, dismissed from their functions; 5° Dismissed ministerial officers and members of professional orders, definitively banned from pract…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Financial and accounting system

Article D112-23

…sed by the establishment; 4° Income from educational activities, training courses and publications; 5° Income from the establishment's commercial operations, including the operation of associated shop…

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