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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R811-63

When the number of court-appointed administrators practising within the firm falls below half the number of salaried court-appointed administrators, the owner of the firm has a period of one year to c…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R811-60

The salaried court-appointed administrator may only carry out his duties within a single law firm.The owner of the law firm is civilly liable for the professional activity carried out on his behalf by…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R6141-54

The articles of association of hospital foundations define the organisation and internal operating rules of the hospital foundation in compliance with the provisions of amended law no. 87-571 of 23rd…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R6141-53

Hospital foundations are non-profit legal entities governed by private law. They are set up between one or more public health institutions and, where appropriate, one or more public or private entitie…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Advertising

Article L313-4

Any advertisement made, received or perceived in France, which, regardless of its medium, relates to one of the loans mentioned in article L. 313-1, specifies the identity of the lender or credit inte…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Advertising

Article L313-3

Any advertising document made available to the borrower relating to one of the transactions referred to in article L. 313-1 states that the borrower has a ten-day cooling-off period, that the sale is…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Advertising

Article L313-5

It is forbidden in all advertising and commercial communication to: 1° Equate monthly repayments with rent or refer, for the calculation of instalments, to social benefits that are not provided throug…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Principles.

Article L6241-2

I.-A principal part of the proceeds of the apprenticeship tax referred to in article L. 6241-1, corresponding to the application of a rate of 0.59%, is earmarked for the financing of apprenticeships i…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Principles

Article D6241-8

To benefit from the exemption mentioned in IV of article L. 6241-1 for a given month, the company must satisfy the following conditions for the previous month: -its payroll does not exceed six times t…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Information system relating to vocational training provision

Article R6111-4

The information mentioned in the first paragraph of article R. 6111-3 is sent to the members of the public employment service, the operators of the vocational development advice and the bodies mention…

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