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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Appointment.

Article R742-25

The clerk of a commercial court that has been abolished is appointed clerk of a commercial court that has been created without it being necessary to resort to the procedure provided for in articles R.…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Appointment.

Article R742-26

There is no need to use the procedure provided for in articles R. 742-19 to R. 742-23 to appoint as clerk of the new court a natural or legal person who, pursuant to article R. 742-29, is the clerk of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Identification of accounts and treatment of over-indebtedness

Article R721-26

…n d'outre-mer:1° Receives from the Banque de France the information it gathers under the provisions of Articles R. 131-26 to R. 131-31 and R. 131-33 to R. 131-37;2° Carries out the tasks devolved to t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Identification of accounts and treatment of over-indebtedness

Article R721-27

…French Polynesia and the Wallis and Futuna Islands by the persons mentioned in the first paragraph of Article L. 131-72 and the second paragraph of Article L. 163-6, the Institut d'émission d'outre-m…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Identification of accounts and treatment of over-indebtedness

Article R721-28

In order to carry out the tasks assigned to the Banque de France by Article R. 131-42 in New Caledonia, French Polynesia and the Wallis and Futuna Islands, the Institut d'émission d'outre-mer (French…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Name and identification of the medicinal product

Article R5121-2

The name of a medicinal product may be either an invented name or a common or scientific name accompanied by a trade mark or the name of the holder of the marketing authorisation or of the company res…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Undeclared work through concealment of salaried employment

Article R8221-2

At the request of the control officers mentioned in article L. 8271-7, for the application of the provisions of 1° of article L. 8221-5, the employer shall produce the notice of receipt provided for i…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Commencement of employment, management, remuneration and benefits

Article R6153-20

…ern interrupts his duties for more than two months under articles R. 6153-13 to R. 6153-18, R. 6153-26 or R. 6153-40 or is absent for more than two months under conditions that make him liable to the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Commencement of employment, management, remuneration and benefits

Article R6153-22

…he social security funds to interns are deducted from the sums guaranteed to them by the provisions of this section. The establishment which pays the interns is subrogated to the insured person's righ…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Commencement of employment, management, remuneration and benefits

Article R6153-24

Students in the third cycle of medical, odontology and pharmacy studies have the right to organise. They may set up trade union organisations, join them and hold office. They may not suffer any prejud…

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