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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 1: The application

Article 1217

Outside the cases provided for in articles 390,391,442,485 and in the third paragraph of Article 494-3 of the Civil Code, the court shall be seised by application delivered or addressed to the registr…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Powers of the Board of Directors of the joint association

Article R2135-14

…sequent amendments thereto; 2° Appointing the chairman and vice-chairman of the association in application of articles R. 2135-12 and R. 2135-13 ; 3° Adopting its annual operating budget and approving…

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

Article L233-17

…ferable securities admitted to trading on a regulated market or negotiable debt securities. In this case, however, the exemption is subject to the condition that one or more shareholders or members of…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Contracts involving instalments

Article R2191-14

…by the contractor reaches 80% of the amount of the tranche awarded inclusive of all taxes. In other cases, if the contract is silent, the advance is reimbursed in full when the amount of the services…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Limited liability companies.

Article R223-17

The report provided for in the first paragraph of article L. 223-19 contains:

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Refusal to renew.

Article L145-14

…fuse to renew the lease. However, the lessor must, subject to the exceptions set out in articles L. 145-17 et seq, pay the evicted tenant a so-called eviction indemnity equal to the loss caused by the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Rights of the seller of furniture, claims and restitutions.

Article L624-17

…failing that the debtor with the agreement of the mandataire judiciaire, may acquiesce in the application for revendication or restitution of an asset referred to in this section. In the absence of a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Obligations and financial responsibility of project owners and principals

Article R1263-17

If the employer does not effectively regularise the situation, the project owner or the principal, if he does not terminate the service provision contract, is jointly and severally liable with the emp…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Import and export of embryonic stem cells for research purposes.

Article R2151-17

…iomédecine shall immediately inform the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé and the Minister for Health.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions of access and practice

Article R519-14

…vided by presenting one of the following documents, as appropriate: a) Diploma ; b) Training certificate and booklet for the persons mentioned in articles R. 519-8 and R. 519-9 as well as R. 519-11-1…

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