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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Duration of protection

Article R513-2

…1 shall apply to the renunciation.In the event of non-compliance of the declaration, reasoned notification shall be given to the applicant. The applicant is given a period in which to rectify the decl…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L7321-2

…kind supplied to them exclusively or almost exclusively by a single enterprise, where these persons carry on their profession in premises provided or approved by that enterprise and under the conditio…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Criminal provisions

Article R1227-2

…yee or, failing this, failing to provide the employee with a written contract accompanied by an indication of the body to which the pre-employment declaration is addressed; 2° Failing to produce, at t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Establishment in France of persons authorised to conduct voluntary sales of movable property by public auction in another Member State of the European Union or party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article A321-28

…321-66 shall include in particular the following information: 1° The level of professional qualification required in France and the level of professional qualification held by the applicant in accor…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Management and training

Article R4462-28

…ermanently assigned to pyrotechnic operations. A report is drawn up for each of these sessions, indicating the subjects dealt with, to which is attached the attendance list signed by the participants.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Provisions common to elections to the various disciplinary boards and chambers

Article R4125-20

…dance with the procedures laid down in the electoral regulations to determine which of the pairs of candidates or candidates whose term of office expires at the end of three or six years respectively.…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R5123-2

For the application of 4° of article R. 5111-2, the conversion leave granted to employees must be for a period of at least four months and guarantee them a conversion allowance at least equal to 65% o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R6123-203

I.-Authorisation is granted to applicants who provide: 1° Both outpatient surgical care and full-time inpatient surgical care; 2° Or outpatient surgical care only. In this case, the holder enters into…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Care provided to prisoners.

Article R6411-2

A public health establishment in Mayotte provides in-patient and, where applicable, hospital care to prisoners whose condition does not require hospitalisation; under the same conditions, it carries o…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Transitional measures

Article R352-28

I.-During the transitional period referred to in Article L. 352-4, the Solvency Capital Requirement referred to in Article L. 352-1 is calculated taking into account all the quantifiable risks to whic…

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