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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions relating to the preparation of preventive resolution plans

Article L613-39

I. - Where the collège de résolution is the competent resolution authority for a person referred to in the first paragraph of I of Article L. 613-38, it shall draw up an individual preventive resoluti…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Auditing by the statutory auditors

Article L326-8

The statutory auditor shall verify that the information contained in the annual transparency report provided for in article L. 326-1 and in the database provided for in the first paragraph of article…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Election of members of territorial chambers of commerce and industry and regional chambers of commerce and industry

Article L713-13

The distribution of seats between professional categories and sub-categories is made taking into account the tax bases of the nationals, the number of nationals and the number of employees they employ…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Common provisions (R)

Article D1612-4

The information provided for in articles D. 1612-1 and D. 1612-2, with the exception of those relating to the bases, tax rates and compensation, are communicated to the mayors of the communes and to t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Supplementary provisions

Article D3121-28

When the provisions of article D. 3121-27 are applied, the monthly remuneration of employees of companies organising work periods over a period fixed in application of article L. 3121-45 is independen…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Litigation concerning the invalidity and revocation of trademarks

Article L716-2-4

The following shall be inadmissible: 1° An application for a declaration of invalidity based on an earlier trade mark where the proprietor of the earlier registered trade mark does not establish, at t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R6523-2-4-1

In application of article L. 6523-1-1, a skills operator that is not based in an overseas territory may enter into an agreement with a skills operator that is based there for the purpose of carrying o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 15: Hospitalisation at home activity

Article R6123-142

I-The holder of a hospital-at-home authorisation with the "base" designation is authorised to provide all the types of care provided for in article R. 6123-139, with the exception of those requiring t…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Sub-section II: Invalidity of acts for substantive irregularity.

Article 119

Objections to nullity based on failure to comply with the substantive rules relating to procedural documents must be upheld without the person invoking them having to justify a grievance and even thou…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection I: Judgment on jurisdiction

Article 75

If it is contended that the court seised at first instance or on appeal lacks jurisdiction, the party raising this objection must, on pain of inadmissibility, state the reasons on which it is based an…

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