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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Public policy.

Article L3123-36

The employee holding an intermittent employment contract benefits from the rights granted to full-time employees, subject, as regards the contractual rights mentioned in article L. 3123-38, to the spe…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Contract notices for contracts awarded in accordance with a formal procedure

Article R2331-8

For contracts awarded in accordance with one of the formalised procedures listed in articles R. 2324-2 to R. 2324-4, the purchaser shall publish a contract notice in the Official Journal of the Europe…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Guarantee of the representation of funds and professional civil liability.

Article L814-5

The court-appointed administrator not registered on the national list, appointed under the conditions provided for in the second paragraph of Article L. 811-2, the judicial representative not on the n…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Guarantee of the representation of funds and professional civil liability.

Article L814-4

Each court-appointed administrator and each court-appointed agent registered on the lists must provide proof of insurance taken out through the guarantee fund. This insurance covers the pecuniary cons…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Guarantee of the representation of funds and professional civil liability.

Article L814-3

The purpose of a fund with legal personality and managed by the contributors is to guarantee the reimbursement of funds, effects or values received or managed by each court-appointed administrator and…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: Temporary residence permit bearing the wording "temporary worker".

Article R421-4

The temporary residence permit bearing the wording "temporary worker" provided for in article L. 421-3 authorises the exercise of a professional activity under the conditions defined in articles R. 52…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: Temporary residence permit bearing the wording "temporary worker".

Article R421-5

A foreign national who meets the conditions for renewal of the temporary residence permit bearing the word "temporary worker" provided for in article L. 421-3 will be issued with a permit for a period…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Registrations and amending registrations carried out ex officio

Article R123-305

When the person registered in the National Register of Companies as a business in the trades and crafts sector does not comply with its obligations in terms of professional qualification or when it do…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Registrations and amending registrations carried out ex officio

Article R123-311

Where an activity declared as a principal activity is not validated by one of the authorities referred to in sub-section 2 of this section, the keeper of the National Register of Companies shall enter…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Registrations and amending registrations carried out ex officio

Article R123-304

When the President of the Regional Chamber of Trades and Crafts or, by delegation, the President of the Departmental Chamber of Trades and Crafts is informed by an administrative or judicial authority…

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