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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Declaration of events with classification, timekeeping or timetable fixed in advance

Article R331-9

…deration must give its opinion, which must be substantiated with regard to the technical and safety rules mentioned in article R. 331-7, within one month of the date of receipt of the request for an o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L2141-6

…consented to the reception of their embryo.The reception of the embryo is subject to health safety rules. These rules include, in particular, screening tests for infectious diseases.Only public or pr…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Appeals to the Court of Appeal against decisions of the Director General of the National Institute of Industrial Property

Article R411-39

The head of the pleadings shall contain the information provided for in the second paragraph of Article 960 of the Code of Civil Procedure. They must expressly state the parties' claims and the pleas…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Write-offs

Article R123-312

Any deletion mentioned or reported ex officio from the register of companies by the clerk of the commercial court or of the judicial court ruling in commercial matters shall be brought to the attentio…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Administration.

Article R512-39

…inancial and accounting methods of their operations. It controls commitments in accordance with the rules defined by the central body of the savings banks and banques populaires. It submits general re…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Reimbursement of unemployment benefit

Article R1235-13

If, in its opposition, the employer claims that the reimbursement of unemployment benefits was ordered in a case where such a measure is excluded by law, the court shall refer the case back to the cou…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Conciliation procedure.

Article R611-35

For the application of the penultimate paragraph of Article L. 611-7or the last paragraph of Article L. 611-10-1, the debtor summons the creditor referred to in these provisions before the president o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Procedural bodies and supervisors.

Article R621-21

The juge-commissaire shall rule by order on applications, disputes and claims falling within his jurisdiction as well as on claims made against the acts of the administrator, the mandataire judiciaire…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 4: Penalties (R).

Article R1611-13

…rs;2° For the manager of any organisation issuing personalised support vouchers:- to contravene the rules relating to the payment of funds defined in the second paragraph of article R. 1611-9;- to con…

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

Article R2333-120-60

The Commission's decisions are notified to all the parties involved on the same day at their real addresses, by any means that can be used to prove receipt by the addressees. Where the decision is dra…

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