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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 4: Disputes arising during the performance of a contract of employment

Article R743-139-12

The President of the Conseil national des greffiers des tribunaux de commerce shall be seised as mediator of any dispute arising from the performance of an employment contract either by application lo…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Direct referral to the Commission nationale d'aménagement commercial (National Commission for Commercial Development)

Article R752-43-5

The four-month period allowed for the National Commission to give its decision begins on receipt of the new application by its secretariat. The National Commission forwards the new application to the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Judicial administrators who are members of the Commission nationale d'inscription et de discipline (National Registration and Disciplinary Commission)

Article R811-4

Any receiver may refer the elections to the Paris Court of Appeal within five days of the proclamation of the results. The appeal shall be sent by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt to…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Responsibilities.

Article R2513-10

The Marseille marine firefighters battalion is made up of a headquarters, intervention units, service and support units, training units, including the marine firefighters school, and a health and medi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 2: Supervision of the administration of bequeathed or donated property (R).

Article R3213-11

Any notary depositing a will containing a legacy in favour of a department or a departmental public establishment is required, as soon as the will is opened, to give notice thereof to the president of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Professional Certification Commission

Article R6113-6

The Committee meets when convened by its Chairman, who draws up its annual work programme and sets the agenda for each meeting. The Chairman may, where necessary, seek the opinion or expertise of publ…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Failure to comply with the obligation

Article D8254-7

Independently of the procedure provided for in Articles R. 8253-2 et seq., the Regional Director of Companies, Competition, Consumer Affairs, Labour and Employment informs each person mentioned in the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
1. Functions.

Article R6152-26-5

When the director of the establishment makes his decision subject to a ban on the practitioner carrying out a lucrative private activity within a maximum radius of ten kilometres of the public health…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Discipline.

Article R6152-76

The Disciplinary Board must reach a decision within four months of the date on which the matter was referred to it, this period being extended to six months if an additional investigation is carried o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Director or deputy director of a national reference centre for communicable diseases

Article R6213-6

The application for authorisation referred to in Article R. 6213-5 must be sent to the national management centre by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, accompanied by a dossier, the co…

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