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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: The institution and its missions

Article A741-1

…rcial courts with a staff of 25 to 30 judges: 1 or 2 agents;2° In commercial courts with a staff of 31 judges to 40 judges: 2 or 3 agents;3° In commercial courts with a staff of 41 judges to 60 judges…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 7: Assembly and dismantling of lifts.

Article R4543-26

…method takes particular account of the documentation and information provided for in Article R. 134-31 of the French Construction and Housing Code.During all phases of dismantling a lift, the stabilit…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Right to leave

Article D7121-36

To benefit from continuous annual leave, in application of article D. 7121-31, the employee must send the paid leave fund the certificates he has received from his employer or successive employers. Th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Composition

Article R2314-1

In the absence of stipulations in the agreement provided for in the third paragraph of article L. 2314-1, the number of members of the staff delegation of the social and economic committee provided fo…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Conditions of practice of the profession of industrial property attorney

Article L422-5

…pain of foreclosure, the declaration must be made, at the latest, two years after the entry into force of the aforementioned loi n° 90-1052 du 26 novembre 1990. No one may be entered on the list provi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Miscellaneous and transitional provisions

Article L1424-45

After their transfer to the departmental or territorial fire and rescue service, the personnel and equipment resources, which were the responsibility of a commune or a public establishment for inter-c…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER VI: Audiovisual communication

Article L1426-1

Local authorities or their groupings may, under the conditions laid down in the loi n° 86-1067 du 30 septembre 1986 relative à la liberté de communication, éditer un service de télévision destiné aux…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 15-3-3

…icles 43,52 and 382 of this code for the investigation, prosecution, trial and judgment of the offences provided for in 6° of III of article 222-33 of the Penal Code, when committed with the aggravati…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title I: CONSUMER INFORMATION

Article D111-18

…hen the person carrying out the activity mentioned in Article L. 111-7-2 exercises control over notices, he/she shall ensure that the processing of personal data carried out in this context complies w…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: The Chairman

Article L3122-3

…t of a departmental council are incompatible with the exercise of one of the following elective offices: president of a regional council, mayor. The functions of president of a departmental council ar…

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