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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: The company during the observation period.

Article L622-21

…ts and proceeds supplementing the securities appearing in the account referred to in Article L. 211-20 of the Monetary and Financial Code, or by transfer of the debtor's assets or rights. Any provisio…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1a: Deliberative body of associations of communes

Article L5211-8

…ablishment of inter-communal cooperation to which the municipality belongs is greater than at least 20% of the total number of members of this deliberative body, the latter may only deliberate on the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Terms and conditions of implementation

Article L6211-19

…ransmissions may not exceed, for a calendar year, a percentage set by regulation and between 10 and 20% of the total number of medical biology examinations carried out by the laboratory. By way of der…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Administrative penalties

Article L6241-2

…not exceed : 1° 500,000 euros for the offences mentioned in 1° bis, 3°, 7°, 8°, 15°, 16°, 18°, 19°, 20° and 23° of Article L. 6241-1; 2° Two million euros for the offences mentioned in 1°, 2°, 4° in t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10: Temporary non-medical accommodation for pregnant women

Article R6111-62

…er: 1° Article L. 160-1 of the Social Security Code; 2° II ofArticle 19 of Ordinance no. 96-1122 of 20 December 1996 relating to the improvement of public health, sickness, maternity, invalidity and d…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes III

Article Annexe III-1 (art. A312-1)

…fer of a sports facility. Indicate the identity of the concession holder : Last name : First name : N° : Street name : Post code : Town: : m Deletion of a sports facility m Change of use of a sports f…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Cases and procedure for legal separation

Article 297

A spouse against whom an application for divorce is made may make a counterclaim for legal separation. However, where the main application for divorce is based on the permanent alteration of the marri…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 3: Choice of offer

Article R3124-4

In order to award the concession contract, the conceding authority will, in accordance with the provisions of article L. 3124-5, base itself on a number of non-discriminatory criteria. These criteria…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 3: Hearing and deliberation

Article R532-39

The chairman of the panel shall rule on requests for referral to a subsequent hearing submitted by the parties.The absence of one of the parties or his lawyer from the hearing shall not oblige the cha…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Prohibitions.

Article L5331-2

It is forbidden to publish in a newspaper, magazine or periodical or to disseminate by any other means of communication accessible to the public an insertion of job offers or offers of home-based work…

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