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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Actions against the Office.

Article R3122-13

As soon as the formalities have been completed by the applicant, the clerk's office of the court of appeal will send the Office, by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, a copy of the dec…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Maximum number of apprentices

Article R6223-6

The maximum number of apprentices that may be taken on simultaneously in a company or establishment is set at two per apprentice master.Pursuant to article L. 6222-11, the apprentice master may also t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Board of Directors.

Article R4642-5

The Board of Directors meets at least four times a year, convened by its Chairman. It may also meet at the request of the Minister for Employment, the Managing Director of the Agency or half of its me…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Companies of court-appointed administrators and agents

Article R814-146

…judiciaires ou de mandataires judiciaires sont régies par les dispositions du livre II et de la loi n° 90-1258 of 31 December 1990, subject to the provisions of this section.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VI: Protection of sole traders

Article D526-31

The creditors mentioned in article L. 526-28 shall lodge an objection with the competent court in accordance with the rules of ordinary law within one month of the publication mentioned in article D.…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Third-party access to the joint information system of the State, regional hospitalization agencies and health insurance bodies.

Article R6113-30

The information contained in the modules mentioned in 2° of article R. 6113-28 or exchanged under 3° of the same article may be communicated to any natural or legal person under the conditions defined…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Guarantee for sureties.

Article D313-26

…R. 261-24 du code de la construction et de l'habitation et des articles 6 et 15 de la loi n° 84-595 du 12 juillet 1984 définissant la location-accession à la propriété immobilière ; 6° Artic…

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

Article R7226-23

Articles R. 7227-1 to R. 7227-3, R. 7227-26 and R. 7227-28 are applicable to the chairmen and members of the Economic, Social, Environmental, Culture and Education Council.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter V: French sub-account of the pan-European individual retirement savings product

Article L225-1

Subject to the provisions of this chapter to the contrary, the French sub-account, within the meaning of Article 2 of Regulation (EU) 2019/1238 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 2: House arrest with electronic surveillance

Article D32-13

If house arrest with electronic surveillance is ordered when a person is released, the information provided for in articles D. 32-11 and D. 32-12 are included in the order. The investigating judge or…

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