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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Organisation of cooperatives of activity and employment

Article R7331-9

…expenses, enabling the cooperative to achieve its purpose as defined byarticle 26-41 of law no. 47-1775 of 10 September 1947. The cooperative makes available to the salaried entrepreneur the analytic…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subtitle III: Victims' rights

Article 10-2

…investigating judge ;3° To be, if they wish to bring a civil action, assisted by a lawyer whom they may choose or who, at their request, is appointed by the President of the Bar Association of the com…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Paragraph 2: Surrender and removal in the event of a serious threat to public order

Article R621-9

…tention in accordance with the provisions of the second paragraph of article R. 621-7, this measure may continue, under the same conditions and according to the same procedures, for the purposes of en…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General rules governing the composition of assets

Article R214-9

…set out in I;2° They are backed by other assets or linked to the performance of other assets, which may be different from those mentioned in article L. 214-20.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Practice of the profession by students.

Article D4151-17-1

…being replaced of the decision to authorise or refuse authorisation to practise. This notification may be made by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt or by delivery against receipt. The…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Remuneration.

Article L7124-9

A portion of the remuneration received by the child may be left at the disposal of his or her legal representatives.The remainder, known as the "pécule", is paid to the Caisse des Dépôts et Consignati…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Operating rules

Article L214-17-2

…ess or increased by the balance of the gains equalisation account.The sums referred to in 1° and 2° may be distributed, in whole or in part, independently of each other.The distributable sums are paid…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Submission of applications

Article R612-17-1

Without prejudice to the provisions of articles L. 612-4, R. 612-19 and R. 612-48, a patent application may only contain more than one independent claim of the same category (product, process, device…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Sub-section 3: Working conditions of the pharmacists or veterinary surgeons responsible and delegated.

Article R5142-17-1

…practical experience acquired under the conditions mentioned in article R. 5142-16. This experience may have been acquired in whole or in part in an establishment operating medicinal products for huma…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Subsidiaries, holdings and controlled companies

Article L233-17-1

…negligible interest in relation to the objective defined in Article L. 233-21 . 233-21 or that they may be excluded from consolidation pursuant to article L. 233-19.

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