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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Resale rights

Article R122-10

…nt of the resale right notifies one of the collective management bodies mentioned in article R. 122-8 of the completion of the sale, indicating the date of the sale, the name of the author of the work…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Disclosure requirements for equity investments

Article L451-2-1

…e L. 451-1-2 of this Code. In such cases, Articles L. 233-7, II, IV, V and VII, and Articles L. 233-8, L. 233-9, L. 233-10, L. 233-10-1, L. 233-11 and L. 233-12 of the Commercial Code shall apply. The…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 7: Mobility within or outside the European Union

Article R6222-67

…7° Where applicable, the arrangements for covering the ancillary costs generated by the mobility; 8° Where applicable, the arrangements for assessing and validating the skills acquired abroad; 9° Th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Powers (R).

Article R2511-12

…s the borough mayors or the municipal commission with the information mentioned in articles R. 2511-8, R. 2511-9 and R. 2511-11. These dwellings are allocated or proposed for allocation under the cond…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-sub-paragraph 3: Declarations for the purposes of and supplementary registrations

Article A123-23

…ided for in the second paragraph of Article R. 123-67, the associations mentioned in article L. 213-8 of the Monetary and Financial Code and which are registered in the Trade and Companies Register ar…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Admission

Article L552-11

…ication of this chapter, the asylum seeker may not be accommodated in an establishment mentioned in 8° of I of article L. 312-1 or article L. 322-1 of the same code, nor benefit from the application o…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 4: Appeal procedures

Article L743-23

…made by the liberty and detention judge in the cases provided for in articles L. 741-10 and L. 742-8, it may also reject the statement of appeal without having first summoned the parties if it appear…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L732-5

When house arrest has been imposed pursuant to 6°, 7° or 8° of article L. 731-3 or articles L. 731-4 or L. 731-5, the maximum period of six months provided for in article L. 732-4 does not apply.In th…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section VII: Miscellaneous provisions.

Article 693

What is prescribed by articles 654 to 659, 663 à 665-1, 672, 675, 678, 680, 683 à 684-1, 686, the first paragraph of article 688 and the articles 689 to 692 shall be observed on pain of nullity.The pr…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Transfer of the business assets of the sole trader

Article L526-30

…e been subject to personal bankruptcy or a disqualification order as provided for in article L. 653-8 of this Code or Article 131-27 of the Criminal Code, by a decision that has become final.

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