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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Title II: Property.

Article 1281-17-1

…le for the sale. It contains: 1° A statement of the order setting the date of the sale and its publication; > >

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: Provisions specific to certain matters.

Article ANNEXE, art. 12

Civil registrars are required to notify the tribunal d'instance:- of the death of any person leaving one or more minor children;- of the death of a person leaving among their heirs, protected adults o…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Powers

Article L621-12-1

At the request of a court hearing an action for damages, the Autorité des marchés financiers may transmit to the court any investigation or inspection reports in its possession, the production of whic…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Placement and support for jobseekers.

Article L5312-12-1

…port is sent to the Minister for Employment, to the National Council for Employment, Training and Vocational Guidance mentioned in article L. 6123-1 and to the Human Rights Defender. Apart from those…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Placement and support for jobseekers.

Article L5312-12-2

Pôle emploi will give an explicit decision on any request from an employer concerning one of its corporate officers or a person holding a corporate office whose purpose is to determine whether he or s…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5121-12-2

…l Agency for the Safety of Medicines and Health Products.In order to meet the specific needs of medical or surgical intervention structures responsible for civil protection when they are involved in n…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Health centres.

Article L6323-1-12

I. - Where it is found that there has been a breach that compromises the quality or safety of care, a breach by the legal representative of the managing body of the obligation to transmit the undertak…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 4: Provisions specific to natural persons

Article R123-121-4

…accounting documents mentioned in article L. 526-14.The accounting documents may be filed electronically under the conditions set out in article R. 123-77. This is done via the single body mentioned…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 4: Provisions specific to natural persons

Article R123-121-2

…ities to his professional activity, the individual limited liability entrepreneur shall, where applicable, file, in accordance with Article R. 123-102, the descriptive statement provided for in I of A…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Deposits to be made by companies having their registered office abroad

Article R123-120-1

…deeds and documents may, at its request, be filed in any official language of the Community. In all cases, one of these languages must be French. Where documents are also filed in another language, th…

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