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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Open-ended employment contracts

Article L1254-21

…here applicable, of the provident fund to which the freelance administration company is affiliated; 7° The frequency with which the freelance administration company requires the employee to produce ac…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4a: Compensation for victims of benfluorex

Article L1142-24-5

…t court by the victim or the subrogation actions provided for in articles L. 1142-14 and L. 1142-24-7.Provided that the first rejection opinion has not given rise to an irrevocable court decision in t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Municipalities and their groupings

Article L1422-1

…to force of section 4 of title II of law no. 83-663 of 22nd July 1983 supplementing law no. 83-8 of 7th January 1983 relating to the division of powers between the municipalities, departments, regions…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Provisions specific to agricultural products and foodstuffs

Article L443-4

…e L. 441-1 of this code, as well as the agreements mentioned in articles L. 441-3, L. 441-4, L. 441-7, L. 443-2 and L. 443-8 refer to them and explain the conditions under which they are taken into ac…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Guarantee marks

Article R715-1

The regulations for use referred to in Article L. 715-2 shall include: 1° The name of the proprietor of the trade mark; 2° A statement that the proprietor of the trade mark complies with the requireme…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
E: Miscellaneous measures

Article 1756

…nt, shall be remitted, with the exception of the increases provided for in b and c of 1 of article 1728 and articles 1729 and 1732 and the fines mentioned in articles 1737 and 1740 A as well as 3° and…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 1: Entry on the roll

Article R532-32

…thirty days before the day on which the case is due to be heard.For cases covered by Article L. 532-7 where the decision of the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons was t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Operation.

Article L4422-8

…irman from among its members by secret ballot. As an exception to the provisions of article L. 4422-7, the Assembly may only deliberate if two thirds of its members are present or represented. If this…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Sale of a business.

Article R141-1

…ing registration duties; 6° An indication of the deadline set by Article L. 141-14 for oppositions; 7° An election of domicile within the jurisdiction of the court.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VI: Managing agents.

Article D146-1

…the affiliations to this network ; 6° The general conditions governing the management of the fund; 7° The rates, method of calculation and any other elements taken into account to determine the commi…

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