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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Transmission to Pôle emploi of a nominative list of beneficiaries of the revenu de solidarité active (active solidarity income) and the allocation aux adultes handicapés (disabled adults' allowance)

Article R5312-36

The rights of access and rectification provided for by articles 39 and 40 of law no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 relating to information technology, files and freedoms may be exercised with the body respo…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter XI: Organisations authorised to conclude contracts that may be extended to rightsholders who are not members of the organisation

Article R329-17

The Minister responsible for culture shall be informed within fifteen days of any change in status or general regulations and of any termination of office of a member of the deliberative and governing…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Housing finance companies

Article R513-19

Housing finance companies are governed by the provisions of articles R. 513-1-A, R. 513-1, R. 513-3, R. 513-4, R. 513-6 to R. 513-12, R. 513-14 and R. 513-15 to R. 513-18, subject to the provisions of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Exposure to asbestos in buildings.

Article R1337-2-1

Owners of the buildings referred to in articles R. 1334-16 to R. 1334-18 who fail to carry out the visual inspection and measurement of dust levels required in the first sentence of article R. 1334-29…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Training content and organisation

Article R2315-9

The training of the members of the staff delegation of the social and economic committee referred to in article L. 2315-18 is intended to: 1° Develop their ability to detect and measure occupational r…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Admission of claims.

Article R624-4

…not contested the mandataire judiciaire's proposal within the period provided for in Article L. 622-27. Decisions ruling on jurisdiction, on the existence of a serious dispute or on the contestation o…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subtitle I: Public and civil proceedings

Article 2-14

…f the provisions of the texts adopted for the application of the articles 2,3,4,6,7and 10 de la loi n° 94-665 du 4 août 1994 relative à l'emploi de la langue française.Any foundation recognised as bei…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Economic interest groupings under French law.

Article L251-7

…o issue bonds under the general conditions for the issue of such securities provided for by the loi n° 85-698 du 11 juillet 1985 autorisant l'émission de valeurs mobilières par certaines associations…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: Search and recording

Article R541-1

…R. 512-21, R. 512-23, R. 512-30, R. 512-31, R. 512-35, R. 512-37 and R. 512-38Resulting from décret n° 2018-1116 du 10 décembre 2018

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter V: Consumer mediation assessment and monitoring committee

Article R615-3

…f the commission may be reimbursed for their travel expenses under the conditions set by the décret n° 2006-781 du 3 juillet 2006 fixant les conditions et les modalités de règlement des frais occasion…

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