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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section 1: Awards rendered in France

Article 1524

There shall be no appeal against the order granting the exequatur except in the case provided for in the second paragraph of Article 1522. However, an action to set aside the award automatically entai…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section 4: Appeal against the order ruling on the application for enforcement

Article 1500

An appeal may be lodged against an order refusing enforcement within one month of service. In such a case, the Court of Appeal shall, at the request of a party, hear the appeal or the action to set as…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Waste from infectious risk healthcare activities and similar waste

Article R1337-18

…not have a certificate of conformity issued under the conditions defined in III of article R. 1335-8-1 A ; 2° Using a disinfection pre-treatment appliance that does not have a certificate of conformi…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: The nature and form of the sale.

Article 1585

Where goods are not sold en bloc, but by weight, count or measure, the sale is not perfected, in the sense that the things sold are at the seller's risk until they are weighed, counted or measured; bu…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Commercial events

Article A762-18

The right to object provided for in article 38 de la loi n° 78-17 du 6 janvier 1978 relative à l'informatique, aux fichiers et aux libertés ne s'applique pas au traitement automatisé.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Authorisation procedure applicable to the termination or transfer of the contract.

Article R4623-18

…nt of the termination of his fixed-term employment contract in the cases provided for in article L. 4623-5-1, the social and economic committee, the inter-company committee or the supervisory commissi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Effects of the European arrest warrant

Article 695-18

…authority of the executing Member State, which surrendered the person, expressly consents thereto; 4° Where, having been given the opportunity to do so, the requested person has not left the national…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-subparagraph 1: Declarations for registration purposes

Article A123-18

…n who is a member of the grouping, the information provided for in 1°, 2° and 3° of Article R. 123-37 and, where applicable, the identification numbers of these persons with an indication of the name…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Budgets and accounts

Article L4425-18

…s of the Corsican regional authority. This document is attached to the administrative account alone;4° Of the list of bodies for which the Corsican local authority:a) Holds a share of the capital;b) H…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Breach of contract.

Article L6222-18

…ntice, unfitness certified by the occupational physician under the conditions defined in article L. 4624-4 or in the event of the death of an apprentice master employer in the case of a one-person com…

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