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Showing 48214830 of 6535 articles for Art. CA Rennes – 17 Dec. 2024 – no. 23/05277

French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Persons required to register.

Article L123-5-2

When the directors of a commercial company processing agricultural products, marketing food products, operating, directly or indirectly, one or more retail shops selling mass-market products or operat…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Obtaining a multi-annual residence permit without a change of reason

Article L433-5

…not apply when the foreign national resides in France under the following residence permits: 1° La carte de séjour temporaire portant la mention " travailleur temporaire " prévue à l'article L. 421-3…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Acquisition of French nationality by declaration of nationality

Article 21-14

Persons who have lost French nationality pursuant to article 23-6 or who has been refused a claim under Article 30-3 may claim French nationality by declaration made in accordance with Articles 26 et…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Brevet professionnel de la jeunesse, de l'éducation populaire et du sport (vocational qualifications in youth, popular education and sport)

Article D212-21

The "brevet professionnel" (vocational certificate) is awarded for the "activity leader" speciality or the "sports educator" speciality and a subject, multi-discipline or field-related speciality. In…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Participative finance service providers

Article L547-2

The key investment information sheet referred to in paragraphs 2 and 3 of Article 23 of Regulation (EU) No 2020/1503 of 7 October 2020 shall be drawn up in French. However, under the conditions and wi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Duties of the social and economic committee in undertakings with at least eleven employees and fewer than fifty employees

Article L2312-6

…ty of the head of the user establishment;3° Temporary employees, for complaints concerning the application of the provisions of articles :a) L. 1251-18 concerning remuneration ;b) L. 1251-21 to L. 125…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Investor guarantee

Article L754-13

…e shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, subject to the provisions of II, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table: Articles applicable In the wording resulting from…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: The status of the sole trader

Article R526-27

To carry out the professional activity referred to in the first paragraph of article L. 526-22, and without prejudice to articles D. 123-235 and D. 123-236, the sole trader uses a name incorporating h…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Transmission of information

Article R561-37

…department shall inform the President of the Bar Association of the Conseil d'Etat and the Cour de Cassation or the President of the Bar Association of the transmission of the report to the Public Pr…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article R1413-2

In order to carry out its missions, the National Public Health Agency may in particular: 1° Acquire the necessary movable and immovable property; 2° Allocate, from its own budget, grants, loans or adv…

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