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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Examination for admission to the probationary period, probationary period and examination to qualify as a judicial representative

Article A812-10

No one may take part in the oral admission test if they have not been declared eligible by the jury.An individual invitation mentioning the day, time and place of the oral test is sent to each eligibl…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Board of Directors

Article R6123-10

The Board of Directors is convened by its Chairman at least six times a year. It is also convened as of right, on a specific agenda, at the written request of the representative of the Minister for Vo…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Conditions for issuing approval.

Article R6312-10

…vehicles: at least two persons belonging to the categories of personnel mentioned in Article R. 6312-7, at least one of whom belongs to the category mentioned in 1 ; 2° For category B vehicles: at le…

AI translation · Updated 30 Oct 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Protection of the account holder

Article L211-9

…keeper safeguards the rights of account holders to the financial securities held in the account. It may only use these securities for its own account under the conditions set out in 4° of II of articl…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Appointments committees

Article L511-98

The Appointments Committee provided for in Article L. 511-89 shall identify and recommend to the Board of Directors, the Supervisory Board or any other body exercising equivalent supervisory functions…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Presentation of the diploma

Article A212-105

The sportsmen and women mentioned in the fourth paragraph of article D. 212-73 may obtain the brevet d'Etat d'éducateur sportif du premier et du deuxième degré at the end of a course of study adapted…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 5: Provisions specific to Mayotte

Article L831-10

In Mayotte, the public prosecutor may, in the course of the investigation or if no court has been seised or when the court seised has exhausted its jurisdiction without having ruled on the fate of the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions applicable to companies established in France

Article R123-9

…on service offered by the single body under conditions that comply with Law No. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 on data processing, files and freedoms and Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament a…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Scope of application

Article R1333-106

I.-Subject to the provisions of Article R. 1333-107, the following are exempt from the authorisation, registration or declaration provided for in Article L. 1333-8: 1° The possession, manufacture, use…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Detention of asylum seekers and transmission of their application to the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons (OFPP)

Article R754-10

When a foreign national who has applied for asylum at an administrative detention centre is transferred to a detention centre before the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Pers…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
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