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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Expiry of the contract term and continuation after expiry.

Article L1243-10

The end-of-contract indemnity is not due:1° When the contract is concluded under 3° of article L. 1242-2 or article L. 1242-3, unless there are more favourable contractual provisions;2° Where the cont…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: National Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health Safety

Article L1313-10

I.-The contractual agents mentioned in article L. 1313-8 : 1° Are bound by professional secrecy and discretion under the same conditions as those defined in article 26 of title I of the general status…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Rights of the seller of furniture, claims and restitutions.

Article L624-10

The owner of a property is exempt from having his right of ownership recognised where the contract relating to that property has been advertised. He may claim restitution of his property under conditi…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Organisation and operation of the national plant variety authority

Article D412-10

…issions falling within the remit of the national plant variety authority are:receiving, registering and examining applications for plant variety certificates and objections to the issue of certificate…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section III : Transcription and entry of decisions in civil status registers

Article 1056-2

…petent to rule on the transcription of the foreign marriage record in French civil status registers and to pursue the annulment of this marriage. It also has sole jurisdiction, where the foreign marri…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section III : Transcription and entry of decisions in civil status registers

Article 1056-1

The action for a judicial declaration of birth is governed by the provisions of articles 1049 to 1055. The operative part of the decision, containing the statements provided for in Article 57 of the C…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Sociétés coopératives ouvrières de production, agricultural cooperatives and public companies.

Article L3323-10

…f the capital is held, together or separately, directly or indirectly, by the public establishments and public undertakings mentioned in the second paragraph of Article L. 3321-1, with the exception o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Inter-company college for safety, health and working conditions.

Article L4532-10

When the number of companies, including self-employed workers and subcontractors, and the number of workers exceed certain thresholds, the project owner will set up an inter-company safety, health and…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Publicity and protection of the rights of third parties.

Article R229-10

…t least ten days apart, in two legal announcement media in the département of the registered office and in the Bulletin des annonces légales obligatoires when the company's bonds are admitted to tradi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: National Consultative Ethics Committee for Health and Life Sciences

Article R1412-10

The committee adopts its own rules of procedure, which define how it and its technical section operate.

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
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