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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Practice as a company

Article R422-16

…he case may be; 8° The majority required for the transfer or assignment of shares to third parties; 9° The amount of interest shares allocated to each contributor in kind; 10° The specific provisions…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title V: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article R153-2

…e community; 8° In article R. 140-1, the references to articles R. 142-33 to R. 142-40 are deleted; 9° In article R. 142-16; a) the references to the Directions régionales des entreprises, de la concu…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Pharmaceutical products.

Article L5521-1

Title I and Chapter I of Title II of Book I of this Part, with the exception of Article L. 5121-9-1, as well as Articles L. 5122-1, L. 5124-13, L. 5125-1-1 and 6° of Article L. 5125-32 are applicable…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Decisions and appeals.

Article R464-8

I. - The Competition Authority's decisions shall be notified either by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt or via a secure electronic document exchange platform:1° For the decisions refe…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book V: Enforcement procedures

Article D49-86

…pénal, this suspension does not apply to the prohibitions on contact or appearance provided for by 9°, 11°, 12°, 13°, 18°, 18° bis of article 132-45 of the same code. The sentence enforcement judge m…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Organisation of work

Article D1432-41

…working in the field of disabled children;8° One representative of the territorial health councils;9° One representative of employee trade unions;10° One representative of employers' trade unions;11°…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10: Special provisions.

Article R5141-112-3

…covered by the regulations on poisonous substances and containing substances mentioned in 7°, 8° or 9° of article L. 5132-2 are used in veterinary medicine in compliance with good practices defined by…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R5213-4

Where the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé finds that advertising for a medical device, which is not covered by the provisions of Articles R.…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title I: GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article L410-1

In accordance with article L. 237-1, the provisions of articles L. 414-4 to L. 414-9 are applicable to foreign nationals whose situation is governed by Book II.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: General conditions of performance.

Article 508

No execution may be carried out before 6 a.m. or after 9 p.m., nor on public holidays or non-working days, except by permission of the judge in case of necessity.

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