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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Paragraph 4: Internship agreement

Article R426-19

…e.The work placement agreement includes the clauses provided for by the decree adopted for the application of the second paragraph of article L. 124-1 of the Education Code, except where one of these…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Terms of engagement and services of the statutory auditor

Article R823-19

…by simple letter.On receipt of the summons to appear, the parties may acquaint themselves with the case file. They may be assisted or represented by a lawyer. The parties and their lawyer may obtain…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Apprenticeship programme authorisation procedure

Article R1161-19

…n of the authorisation is issued by the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé. The company exploiting the medicinal product is given the opportuni…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Training leave

Article R2315-19

…al shall be notified to the employee concerned within eight days of receipt of the request. In this case, the training leave may be postponed for up to six months.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Refusal to renew.

Article L145-18

…building, subject to paying the evicted tenant the eviction compensation provided for in article L. 145-14. The same applies to carrying out work requiring the evacuation of premises included in a sec…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Processing applications

Article L612-12

Any patent application shall be rejected, in whole or in part: 1° Which does not satisfy the conditions referred to in Article L. 612-1 ; 2° Which has not been divided in accordance with Article L. 61…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 6: Committees and representation in outside bodies

Article L7222-24

…n of a mission of information and evaluation responsible for gathering information on a matter of local interest or for evaluating a public service of the territorial community of Martinique. The same…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions.

Article L5211-25-1

…from the public inter-municipal cooperation establishment and the establishment or, in the specific case of a syndicate whose statutes allow it, between the municipality that takes over the competency…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 4: Relations between the High Council and its foreign counterparts

Article R821-22

…irman of the High Council or the General Rapporteur exercise the powers provided for in Articles R. 821-16 à R. 821-19 and those resulting from the agreements provided for in article R. 821-20 are spe…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Audiovisual production contract

Article L132-25-1

…itle II of Book III of this Part, professional organisations representing producers and, where applicable, organisations representing other sectors of activity may be extended to all interested partie…

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