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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 717-1 A

Within one year of their final conviction, persons sentenced to a term of criminal imprisonment of fifteen years or more for one of the offences referred to in Article 706-53-13 is placed, for a perio…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Conservatory measures.

Article R622-5-1

The debtor shall inform the judicial representative of the identity of the natural persons who are co-obligated or who have granted a personal surety or who have assigned or transferred an asset as se…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Conservatory measures.

Article R622-4-1

Where the inventory is drawn up by the debtor pursuant to Article L. 622-6-1, the debtor shall keep the administrator, where one has been appointed, and the mandataire judiciaire informed of the progr…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Implementation and administration.

Article D4622-16

Where they have concluded a cooperation agreement for the implementation of prevention measures relating to the health and safety of their employees, establishments working on the same site and belong…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Implementation and administration.

Article R4622-17

The social and economic committee is consulted on the choice of the inter-company occupational health and prevention service.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Implementation and administration.

Article D4622-15

The inter-company occupational health and prevention service is set up as a non-profit organisation, with legal personality and financial autonomy. Where it includes an occupational social service, th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Implementation and administration.

Article D4622-14

Undertakings and establishments which are not covered by an autonomous occupational health and prevention service pursuant to section 2 shall organise or join an inter-company occupational health and…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Implementation and administration.

Article R4622-18

Fairground businesses are members of an inter-company occupational health and prevention service with territorial jurisdiction: 1° Either for the municipality in which the employer resides, or for the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Implementation and administration.

Article D4622-19

In the absence of specific statutory provisions for the inter-company occupational health and safety service, where candidates for the positions of Chairman, Vice-Chairman and Treasurer of the Board o…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Filing

Article L622-1

The final or intermediate topography of a semiconductor product reflecting an intellectual effort by the creator may, unless it is commonplace, be the subject of a deposit conferring the protection pr…

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