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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R343-2

Where the guarantees of a contract are expressed in a specific currency, the commitments of the insurance undertaking referred to in Article R. 343-1 are denominated in that currency. Where the guaran…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Prevention of business difficulties, ad hoc mandates and conciliation procedures

Article L611-10-1

During the period of its execution, the recorded or approved agreement suspends or prohibits all legal action and suspends or prohibits all individual proceedings against both the movable and immovabl…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Simplified judicial liquidation.

Article L644-4

At the end of the procedure for verification and admission of claims as provided for in Article L. 644-3 and the realisation of assets, the liquidator shall include his proposals for distribution on t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Examination for admission to the traineeship.

Article R321-21

The possession of the national law degree provided for in 3° of

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IIa: Measures aimed at eliminating pay differentials between women and men in the company and ensuring a balanced distribution of each sex among senior executives and members of management bodies

Article D1142-2

For companies with more than two hundred and fifty employees, the indicators mentioned in Article L. 1142-8 are as follows: 1° The pay gap between women and men, calculated on the basis of the average…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Appeals to the First President of the Paris Court of Appeal against certain decisions of the General Rapporteur of the Competition Authority

Article R464-24-3

…in Article L. 464-8-1 shall be lodged within ten days of notification of the decision of the rapporteur general of the Competition Authority. It shall be brought before the first president of the cour…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Conservatory measures.

Article R622-4-1

Where the inventory is drawn up by the debtor pursuant to Article L. 622-6-1, the debtor shall keep the administrator, where one has been appointed, and the mandataire judiciaire informed of the progr…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 4: Procedures for drawing up and issuing the payment notice for the parking charge

Article R2333-120-8

…t the following conditions:1° Be of French nationality or a national of another Member State of the European Union, another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area or the Swiss Conf…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 4: Decision

Article R2333-120-56

The decisions of the Commission du contentieux du stationnement payant begin with the words: "In the name of the French people" and bear the following wording: "La commission du contentieux du station…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Controls.

Article R814-42

Every three years, each professional is subject to an inspection covering all of his or her activity. As an exception to the previous paragraph, the person mentioned in III of Article L. 812-2 is subj…

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