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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Medals and honours

Article D1442-25

The members of the industrial tribunal wear, either at hearings or at public ceremonies, a medal in saltire suspended from a ribbon as a sign of their office. This medal is made of gilded bronze for t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Implementation of the apprenticeship programme

Article R1161-25

The company exploiting the medicinal product produces a follow-up report at the end of each programme or at the latest when it is renewed. The report is sent to the treating doctor, the prescribing do…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Provisions common to all applications

Article R464-25

Notifications between parties shall be made by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt or by direct notification between the parties' lawyers. Pleadings must be filed at the court registry i…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: The special register of individual entrepreneurs with limited liability.

Article R526-25

…y body to which he is subject pronounced in application of the two first paragraphs of article L. 613-4 of the Social Security Code entails his removal from the special register in which he is registe…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Continuation of the business during the observation period.

Article R631-25

The decision by which the court terminates the proceedings pursuant to Article L. 631-16 is followed without delay by an end-of-assignment report filed by the judicial representatives under the condit…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Professional recovery

Article R645-25

…nt of his fees, costs and disbursements drawn up in accordance with the provisions of articles R. 743-140 à R. 743-157. This account is filed with the court registry and attached to that of the court-…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions common to sales by judicial tender and by amicable tender.

Article R642-25

The pursuer or the appointed notary shall draw up a book of conditions of sale. By exception to

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Ethics

Article R722-25

The authority to which the declaration was submitted is responsible for keeping this declaration and any additional declarations.These declarations are kept in a sealed double envelope. The outer enve…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Composition and mandate of employee representatives

Article R1233-25

…mittee responsible for health, safety and working conditions referred to in E of II of Article L. 1233-5 is made up of the Director General of the Agence nationale de la cohésion des territoires or hi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Provisions relating to accountants (R)

Article D1617-25

The provisions of articles R. 283 A-1 to R. 283 D-1 of the Book of Tax Procedures shall apply under the same conditions to claims recovered in accordance with the procedures set out in Article L. 1617…

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