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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Authorisation

Article R1271-21

In the cases provided for in article D. 1271-19, the Minister responsible for personal services will consult the Banque de France and the Agence centrale des organismes de sécurité sociale. Before sus…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Authorisation

Article R1271-23

…ment voucher referred to in B of Article L. 1271-1 sends the Minister responsible for personal services and the Banque de France, by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt: 1° An activity r…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Authorisation

Article R1271-24

…uthorised issuer, other than a credit institution, sends the Minister responsible for personal services, by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, a report on the management during the pre…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Consent

Article R1231-2

…ple request. If the use of a cross-donation is envisaged, the request shall mention this. The presence of a lawyer is not mandatory.The donor refers the matter to the judicial court in whose jurisdict…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Protests.

Article R511-2

Notaries and bailiffs deliver, in accordance with Article L. 511-55 of the French Commercial Code and Article L. 131-64 of the Monetary and Financial Code, two copies of the protests, in the event of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Ethics

Article R722-23

…velope marked confidential. The authority to which the declaration is addressed shall acknowledge receipt thereof..

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Ethics

Article R722-22

…ntary duties likely to give rise to a conflict of interest carried out on the date of taking up office by the declarant:a) The name and corporate purpose of the structure or legal entity in which the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Ethics

Article R722-27

…ntiality of the information contained therein. However, in the event of disciplinary or criminal proceedings based on a breach relating to the information contained in the declaration of interests or…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Ethics

Article R722-26

The declaration of interests may be consulted by the judge concerned as well as by the authority to which the declaration was submitted.The confidentiality of these declarations does not prevent them…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Ethics

Article R722-24

…or in the fifth paragraph of article L. 722-21, the judge has a period of eight days to amend, if necessary, his declaration of interests and to forward it in the form provided for in article R. 722-2…

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