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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Coordination Committee

Article R4424-14

As part of the task of leading and coordinating the actions of national companies assigned to it by article L. 4424-30, the coordination committee for the industrial development of Corsica proposes me…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Safeguard measures

Article R4314-14

Articles R. 4314-12 and R. 4314-13 do not apply to agricultural or forestry tractors, their separate technical units, systems or components for which the safeguard procedure provided for in Regulation…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Registration and publicity.

Article R4381-39

The secondary offices provided for in article R. 4381-75 are not subject to the additional registration or secondary registration provided for by articles 9 and 20 of decree no. 84-406 of 30 May 1984…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Obligations of the guarantor

Article R7123-31

The formal notice referred to in article R. 7123-30 may be issued either by an employee or by a social security body or social institution, provided that their claims are certain, liquid and due. This…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Commencement and progress of the receivership.

Article L631-19

I.-The provisions of Chapter VI of Title II, with the exception of the third and fourth paragraphs of Article L. 626-1, are applicable to the reorganisation plan, subject to the following provisions.…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Handling of employers' claims and payment of beneficiaries

Article R6332-25

I.-Payment of the training costs borne by the skills operators is made once the actions mentioned in article L. 6313-1 have been carried out. II - For the actions mentioned in 1° to 3° of article L. 6…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope of application

Article L312-1

The provisions of this chapter apply to any credit transaction referred to in 6° of article L. 311-1, whether concluded for valuable consideration or free of charge and, where applicable, to its guara…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: Postponement of transfer

Article L751-7

In the event of house arrest pursuant to Article L. 751-6, the provisions of Articles L. 732-1, L. 732-4, L. 733-1 to L. 733-4 and L. 733-8 to L. 733-12 shall apply.Failure to comply with the requirem…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Exercise of the right of appeal

Article 497

The right to appeal belongs: 1° To the accused; 2° To the person civilly liable as regards civil interests only; 3° To the civil party, as regards his civil interests only; 4° To the public prosecutor…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Transfer and loss of trademark rights

Article R714-7-1

A decision shall be made on the application for registration referred to in articles R. 714-4, R. 714-4-1 and R. 714-6 within six months of filing. This period is interrupted, where applicable, by the…

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