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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Other auctions.

Article L322-3

Public sales and sales by auction after cessation of trade, or in other cases of necessity the assessment of which is submitted to the Commercial Court, may only take place insofar as they have been p…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Procedure.

Article L463-3

The General Rapporteur of the French Competition Authority may decide that the case will be examined by the Authority without the prior preparation of a report. He shall inform the parties and the Gov…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter IV: APPLICATION FOR ASYLUM SUBMITTED IN RESPECT

Article L754-3

If France is the State responsible for examining the asylum application and if the administrative authority considers, on the basis of objective criteria, that this application is being made for the s…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 2: Implementation of the plan.

Article R626-39

When the administrator or the mandataire judiciaire has completed his assignment, he shall file an end-of-assignment report at the court registry. Any interested party may examine it.When the judicial…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Electoral colleges

Article R2314-3

The allocation of staff to the electoral colleges and the allocation of seats between the different categories of staff, in the case provided for in the third paragraph of article L. 2314-13, is carri…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Guarantees and indemnities granted to Board members

Article D7124-32

To set the maximum time to which elected representatives who have the status of employees are entitled pursuant to article L. 7124-9 the legal working time for a calendar year is assessed on the basis…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Medical file and medical fitness form.

Article R4626-33

An occupational health medical file is compiled by the occupational physician under the conditions set out in article L. 4624-8 of the French Labour Code. In compliance with the provisions of articles…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Apprenticeship agreements with legal entities governed by public law

Article D6271-3

Where the host employer is subject to the provisions of the Labour Code, it is responsible for complying with the provisions relating to working hours set out in Book I of Part Three, as well as healt…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Information system for the personal training account and the individual right to training for local elected representatives

Article R6323-35

I.-The holder of a personal training account or individual training rights for local elected representatives has direct access to the personal data concerning him, with a view to filling in and updati…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Participation of residents in local life

Article L2143-3

In municipalities with a population of 5,000 or more, a local accessibility committee is set up, made up of representatives of the municipality, associations or bodies representing disabled people wit…

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