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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection 4: Decisions of the guardianship judge

Article 1180-14

At the request of any interested party or ex officio, the judge may order that the examination of the application give rise to a debate, in particular when articles 387, 387-3, 387-4 and 387-5 of the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Action by the administrative authority

Article D1233-11

…ment sends the following documents to the employer: 1° The written notice referred to in article L. 1233-56, in the event of redundancy of ten or more employees over the same thirty-day period ; 2° Th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Coordination of prevention.

Article R4511-11

…rtaking and the heads of external undertakings shall make the information mentioned in article R. 4511-10 available: 1° To the competent social and economic committee; 2° To the competent occupational…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Suspension and withdrawal of authorisation

Article R1173-12

…orisation holder the opportunity to submit written observations within a period that it sets, which may not be less than fifteen days. If, at the end of this period, and taking into account any observ…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Principles of organisation and operation of the body reception facility

Article R1261-12

…ised establishment and, where applicable, the associated establishment in application of article R. 1261-11, the partner public establishments in application of II of article R. 1261-19, or in trainin…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions common to all national interest markets.

Article R761-15

Users mentioned in 1° of article R. 761-14 provide proof of their registration in France with the Trade and Companies Register or an equivalent registration in a foreign country guaranteeing the lawfu…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Conformity, safety and enhancement of products and services

Article L511-12

…ns and any European regulations amending them or adopted for their application:-Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 January 2002, as amended, laying down th…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: Readmission of foreign nationals holding long-term resident status - EU granted by France

Article R621-11

When the administrative authority is consulted under the conditions laid down in article R. 621-10, it will immediately examine the withdrawal of long-term resident - EU status in France and the withd…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Avoidance of conflicts of interest

Article R7123-15

For the application of Article L. 7123-15 and as part of the monitoring of its activity, the modelling agency shall inform each model, each user and the regional directorate for companies, competition…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Special provisions for the automatic cinema exhibition account

Article 123-3

…the owner of the premises housing the cinema.When the owner does not operate the cinema himself, he may delegate to the operator the right to invest the sums held in the account. In this case, the sum…

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