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French Public Health CodeIn force
APPENDICES TO PART ONE

Article Annexe 11-2

…assessment be used to carry out regular reliable medical check-ups.I. - Sensory-motor deficits of medullary and central originA. - Of spinal cord originTetraplegia and paraplegia are always complex cl…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Administration of establishments in the network of chambers of commerce and industry

Article L712-11-1

…vate-law or public-law person takes over all or part of the activity of a chamber of commerce and industry, whatever the legal classification of the transformation of the said activity, it shall offer…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section V: Provisions relating to the opening of a branch and the exercise of the freedom to provide services.

Article L321-11-3

…nsions Authority to set up a collaboration platform when an insurance or reinsurance undertaking conducts or intends to conduct activities in France that are based on the freedom to provide services o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Administration of the collective shop

Article L125-10

…the constitutive contract or to the articles of association, as the case may be, are rules of procedure. The constitutive contract or the articles of association, as well as the rules of procedure, m…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Retailers' cooperative societies.

Article L124-10

…onyme, or by the management if it is a société à responsabilité limitée, the interested party being duly heard. Any member who is excluded from the cooperative may appeal against this decision to the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions applicable to natural persons

Article L123-10

Individuals applying for registration in the Trade and Companies Register or the National Register of Companies as a business in the trades and crafts sector must declare the address of their business…

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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 L143-10

…fteen days prior to the said notification, at the domicile declared by them in their registrations. During this ten-day period, any registered creditor, whether or not his claim has fallen due, may su…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Management leases.

Article L144-10

…essees with regard to the renewal of leases for the rent of buildings or premises for commercial, industrial or craft use.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Seller's lien.

Article L141-10

When the sale of a business is pursued by public auction, either at the request of a court-appointed administrator or agent, or judicially at the request of any other entitled party, the pursuing part…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Commercial agents.

Article L134-10

…t between the third party and the principal will not be performed and if the non-performance is not due to circumstances attributable to the principal. Commissions that the commercial agent has alread…

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