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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Nominations.

Article R713-12

Candidates for a territorial chamber of commerce and industry who have received at least 5% of the votes cast in that election may obtain reimbursement of their campaign expenses from the territorial…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Expenditure by communes and groups of communes for municipal secondary and special education establishments (R).

Article D2321-12

Annual repayments on loans are apportioned in the year in which the facility is commissioned for annual repayments falling due before the year in which the facility is commissioned and as they fall du…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Summons to court and service of documents

Article A444-12

If, from the customer's request, the following services are performed within a period shorter than the reference period specified in the table below, they shall give rise to the collection of the incr…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Operation

Article R4421-12

The Prefect of Corsica chairs the Sites Council. He co-chairs it with the President of the Corsican Executive Council when the council meets in a "heritage and architecture" formation.The duties of se…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Clearances

Article R4216-12

The steps must comply with the following requirements: 1° They must not be slippery; 2° If there is no riser, successive steps must overlap by 5 centimetres; 3° It is forbidden to place one or two iso…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: The therapeutic injunction process

Article R3413-12

The relay doctor informs the doctor chosen by the person subject to the therapeutic injunction of the legal framework in which the injunction operates. This doctor confirms to the relay doctor, in wri…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Financial assistance and exemptions

Article D5134-12

If the endorsements are terminated, the sums that the employer should have received in respect of the initial aid if he had not opted for the deferred payment of this aid will be repaid to him.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Installation and operation of internal-use pharmacies

Article R5126-12

An in-house pharmacy may be authorised to have premises located on several separate sites belonging to one or more of the establishments, services or organisations mentioned in Article R. 5126-1, prov…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Financial organisational provisions specific to Assistance publique-hôpitaux de Paris

Article R6147-12

The decision of the Director General of Assistance publique-hôpitaux de Paris concerning the initial investment programme for the financial year is sent to the Director General of the Regional Health…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Enforcement of the vendor's lien and pledge of the business and purging of registered debts.

Article L143-12

The preferential rights of registered creditors follow the business into whatever hands it passes.When the sale of the business has not taken place by public auction in accordance with the articles me…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
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