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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Drawing up and maintaining lists

Article R822-17

…e second and third subsections of this section apply to them, with the exception of articles R. 822-11 and R. 822-12.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Industrial and commercial public services.

Article D2573-22

I. - The first paragraphs of articles R. 2224-11 and R. 2224-15, articles R. 2224-19 to R. 2224-19-4 and R. 2224-19-6 to R. 2224-19-10 and articles R. 2224-20 and R. 2224-21 are applicable to the comm…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter V: Legal proceedings

Article R615-9

The chairman of the joint conciliation commission provided for in Article L. 615-21 is appointed for a renewable period of three years, by order of the Minister of Justice and the Minister responsible…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Overall operating grant

Article L3334-1

…cation. All of these sums evolve in the same way as the overall operating allocation distributed.In 2023, the amount of the departments' overall operating allocation is equal to that distributed in 20…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Processing applications

Article R612-45

…not been completed within the time limits laid down in Articles R. 612-8 (fifth paragraph), R. 612-11 (sixth paragraph), R. 612-21 and R. 612-35 (sixth paragraph); 2° The filing and research report f…

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

Article D313-26

…r finance company authorised in France under: 1° Article 1799-1 of the Civil Code, Article 1 of Law no. 71-584 of 16 July 1971, as amended, designed to regulate the retention of guarantees in respect…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Common provisions

Article 712-23

A decree shall specify the conditions of application of the provisions of this chapter. This decree specifies the conditions under which the expert opinion provided for by article 712-21 may not be or…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Administrative composition

Article R232-88

…requesting this measure, within the period provided for in article R. 232-88-1, as the case may be; 11° That it will be proposed to enter the administrative composition procedure in accordance with th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Fuel costs and costs incurred in powering electric, plug-in hybrid or hydrogen vehicles

Article R3261-13

…the event of a change in the arrangements for reimbursing the expenses mentioned in article R. 3261-11, the employer shall notify employees at least one month before the date set for the change.

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IV: Penal provisions.

Article R247-3

Failure to comply with the filing obligations set out in articles L. 232-21 to L. 232-23 is punishable by the fine provided for in article 131-13 of the Penal Code for fifth-class offences. In the eve…

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