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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Procedures for mobilising trade receivables

Article R754-9

…t-hand column of the same table:Articles applicableIn the wording resulting from the decreeR. 313-152005-1007 of 2 August 2005R. 313-16No. 2006-1115 of 5 September 2006R. 313-17n° 2005-1007 of 2 Augus…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Employee adviser

Article D1232-9

…ed monthly by the State for the salaries maintained in application of the provisions of article L. 1232-9 as well as all the benefits and corresponding social security charges for which it is responsi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Samples taken from a deceased person.

Article R1211-10

The cost of transporting the patient from one healthcare establishment to another, with a view to establishing the diagnosis of brain death and taking samples for therapeutic purposes, shall be borne…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Budgets and accounts

Article D3661-10

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Time limits and forms of appeal

Article 380-9

The appeal shall be lodged within ten days of the delivery of the judgment. However, the time limit shall run only from the service of the judgment, by whatever method, on the party who was not presen…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Provisions relating to the issuing of a European protection order by the French authorities

Article 696-92

The public prosecutor checks whether the decision establishing the protective measure was adopted in an adversarial procedure. If this is not the case, the public prosecutor notifies the offender of t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Tax base

Article 972 ter

For the application of article 965 and under the same conditions, shares in property investment companies mentioned in I of article 208 C when the taxpayer holds, directly and, where applicable, indir…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VI: Provisions adapting Book VI.

Article L946-9

For the application of articles L. 622-24, L. 626-20, L. 625-3, L. 625-4 and L. 662-4, the institutions mentioned in article L. 143-11-4 of the French Labour Code are the territorial institutions resp…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 3: Procedure applicable in the event of a foreign national being placed under house arrest or in detention

Article L614-9

…he members of his court, or the honorary magistrates registered on the list mentioned in article L. 222-2-1 of the code of administrative justice, shall rule no later than ninety-six hours from the ex…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Annual negotiations

Article L2241-9

…awn up, particularly with regard to fixed-term employment contracts and temporary work assignments; 2° Any preventive measures planned in the light of these forecasts; 3° Changes in average actual sal…

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