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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions relating to Mayotte

Article R1524-12

For application in Mayotte, article R. 1423-6 is worded as follows: "Art. R. 1423-6 Cases that are not assigned to the management section in application of article L. 1423-1-2 are assigned to the inte…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Provisions adapting Book I.

Article L931-12

…mises included in a sector or perimeter provided for in L. 313-4-2 du code de l'urbanisme" are replaced by the words: "the evacuation of the premises provided for in article L. 145-18".

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection 4: The appeal.

Article 1241-1

The time limit for appealing against orders made by the guardianship judge shall run: 1° In respect of persons to whom the order must be notified, from the date of such notification; 2° In respect of…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 3: Issue of residence permits

Article R233-12

…opean Union citizens mentioned in 2° of article L. 233-1 who have established their habitual residence in France for less than five years are issued, at their request, with a residence permit bearing…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 3: Change in the situation of economic operators with regard to the grounds for exclusion

Article L2141-12

Where, during the course of the procedure for the award of a contract, an economic operator is placed in one of the cases of exclusion mentioned in sections 1 and 2, it shall inform the purchaser of t…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Rendering of accounts and termination of guardianship.

Article 810-12

…ayment of debts and legacies; 2° By the realisation of all assets and the consignment of the net proceeds; 3° By the restitution of the estate to the heirs whose rights are recognised; 4° By the State…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 6: Identification and lists of members of the medical professions.

Article D4113-121

…sional qualifications and titles corresponding to the activity carried out; 4° Details of the practice structures. The lists may be consulted, for each department, in the premises of the regional heal…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10: Special provisions.

Article R5141-127

The Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail, at the request of a veterinary pharmaceutical establishment exporting a veterina…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Capital increases.

Article L225-129

…pital increases to be carried out following the exercise of a right attached to a security giving access to the capital or following the exercise of options provided for in Article L. 225-177 or as a…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section IIa: Judicial measures to help manage the family budget

Article 1200-3

…to which the minor is entitled;3° The public prosecutor ;4° The mayor of the municipality of residence of the recipient or beneficiary of the family benefits to which the minor is entitled, or the may…

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