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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Practice as a company

Article R422-16

…f each of the partners; 3° The duration for which the company is formed; 4° The address of the registered office; 5° The nature and separate valuation of each of the contributions made by the partners…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Practice as a company

Article R422-13

The company is formed under the suspensive condition of its registration on the national list of industrial property attorneys. In accordance with the third paragraph of Article 1 of Law no. 66-879 of…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Practice as a company

Article R422-15

If the articles of association are drawn up by private deed, as many originals as are necessary to provide each partner with a copy and to comply with the provisions of l'article 7 du décret n° 78-704…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Content and transmission of the contract.

Article L1251-17

The assignment contract is sent to the employee no later than two working days after it is made available.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Content and transmission of the contract.

Article L1251-16

…ndment contract listed in article L. 1251-43 ; 2° The employee's professional qualifications;3° The terms and conditions of the remuneration due to the employee, including the end-of-assignment allowa…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Income tax

Article 199 octodecies

…with the divorce agreement by mutual consent taking the form of an act under private signature countersigned by lawyers, filed with the minutes of a notary, or the divorce agreement approved by the j…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Tests to verify knowledge

Article R4221-13

…obtain a postponement of their assignment for up to eighteen months if, at the time when the Minister responsible for health takes the assignment decisions referred to in the penultimate paragraph o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Tests to verify knowledge

Article D4221-10

For pharmacy and medical biology, the jury draws up a list in order of merit of the successful candidates, within the limit of the maximum number of persons who may be admitted to the knowledge verifi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Tests to verify knowledge

Article D4221-11

…proficiency in the French language as referred to in article L. 4221-12 must be provided when registering for the knowledge verification tests referred to in the second paragraph of the same article,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Tests to verify knowledge

Article R4221-12

…ctor General of the Centre National de Gestion organises a national procedure for choosing a post after the knowledge test, in accordance with the conditions laid down by order of the Minister for Hea…

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