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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Common provisions

Article R2122-53

The service provider acting on behalf of the Minister for Labour mentioned in 2° of Article R. 2122-14 shall set up a processing centre located on French territory for the postal voting and remote ele…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Donation and use of organs, tissues or cells for therapeutic purposes

Article R1522-5

For their application in Wallis and Futuna:1° In articles R. 1241-4 and R. 1241-10, the words: "before the president of the judicial court or his delegate" are deleted ;2° The Minister for Health desi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Provisional profit and loss account for training schools and institutes.

Article R6145-57

The operating grant referred to in a of 2° of Article R. 6145-56 is calculated as the difference between all the operating expenses shown in the provisional income statement and all the operating reve…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Occupational therapists.

Article L4331-5

By way of derogation from article L. 4331-2, the following may also practise the profession of occupational therapist and bear the title of occupational therapist, whether or not accompanied by a qual…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Individual over-indebtedness commissions

Article R712-5

For the application of the provisions of 2° of article R. 712-2, the prefect appoints by decree, for a renewable period of two years, a person and his alternate whom he chooses from a departmental lis…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Obligations relating to the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing

Article R561-56

The information relating to the beneficial owner declared at the time of the request is as follows: 1° In the case of the company or legal entity, its name or corporate name, its legal form, the addre…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Special provisions relating to the exploitation of certain unavailable works

Article L138-5

The procedures for applying articles L. 138-1 to L. 138-4, in particular the procedures for issuing and withdrawing the approval referred to in article L. 138-2 and the procedures for exercising the r…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Recourse in the event of non-payment

Article L131-53

The person who has repaid the cheque may claim from his guarantors : 1. The full amount paid; 2. Interest on the said sum, from the day on which he disbursed it, calculated at the legal rate applicabl…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Fees levied on the issue, renewal and supply of duplicates of residence permits and travel documents for foreign minors

Article L436-5

Without prejudice to the provisions of article L. 411-2, the renewal of a residence permit applied for after the expiry of the period required for submitting the application gives rise, except in case…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Secondary insolvency proceedings

Article R692-5

If the request for suspension provided for in the previous article is granted, the court shall set the date on which the measure will be re-examined before the expiry of a period of three months. The…

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