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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Out-of-court settlement procedure.

Article R1142-13

…e form. In addition to the information mentioned in the second and third paragraphs of article L. 1142-7, this list includes, in particular, a medical certificate attesting to the precise extent of th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Procedure in the event of an appeal

Article 712-13

An appeal against the judgments referred to in the articles 712-6 and 712-7 is brought before the Enforcement of Sentences Chamber of the Court of Appeal, which rules in a reasoned judgment after an a…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Enforcement of the vendor's lien and pledge of the business and purging of registered debts.

Article L143-13

Any creditor registered on a business may, where article L. 143-11 does not apply, request that it be put up for sale by public auction, offering to pay the principal price, excluding equipment and go…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Organisation and operation

Article D112-13

…n, who sets the agenda on a proposal from the Chief Executive. The Board of Directors meets automatically at the request of at least half of its members or at the request of the Minister for Sport. Th…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Declaration and assessment of claims

Article R742-13

Failing a declaration within the period mentioned in article R. 742-11, creditors may apply to the juge des contentieux de la protection for relief from foreclosure within a period of six months from…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 13: Age limit and extension of service

Article R6152-636

…by the provisions of this section is set at sixty-seven years for practitioners born on or after 1 January 1955. As a transitional measure, the age limit applicable to these practitioners is set at :…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 13: Age limit and extension of service

Article R6152-637

Practitioners attached to hospitals may benefit from an extension of their activity under the conditions and in accordance with the procedures set out in articles R. 6152-424 to R. 6152-427.

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Reserving contracts for economic operators employing disabled and disadvantaged workers

Article L2113-13

Contracts or parts of a contract may be reserved for structures for integration through economic activity mentioned in article L. 5132-4 of the Labour Code and equivalent structures, where they employ…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Provisions relating to the approval of agreements by employees in undertakings with fewer than eleven employees and in undertakings with between eleven and twenty employees without an elected representative on the social and economic committee.

Article R2232-13

…ch shall have final jurisdiction. They must be lodged within the deadlines set out in article R. 2324-24. The decision may be appealed to the Supreme Court.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
5°: Negotiable bonds - Special schemes

Article 131 ter

1. Special series of bonds issued abroad before 1 January 1976 by French companies, corporations or enterprises with the authorisation of the Minister for the Economy and Finance shall be subject, for…

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