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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Formalities

Article R521-17

On receipt of the documents referred to in articles R. 521-13 and R. 521-14, the registrar enters the formality in the register, noting the changes recorded on the forms and the date of the amending f…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Formalities

Article R521-13

An application for an amending entry shall be made to the Registrar who made the initial entry, even if the place of registration, the registered office, the principal place of business, the place whe…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions specific to certain contracts

Article R2192-16

For the payment of the balance of works or project management contracts concluded by the State, its public establishments of a non-industrial and non-commercial nature, local authorities and their pub…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions specific to certain contracts

Article R2192-17

Where the contract provides for a procedure to verify the conformity of the services, it may provide that the payment period shall run from the date on which such conformity is established, if this da…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Common provisions.

Article L322-2-2

Operations other than those referred to in articles L. 310-1 and L. 310-1-1 of this Code andarticle L. 341-1 of the Monetary and Financial Code, in particular the implementation of social action, may…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
APPENDIX TO PART TWO

Article Annexe 22-2

STANDARD AGREEMENT, REFERRED TO IN 2° OF ARTICLE R. 2212-9, SETTING THE CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH DOCTORS PRACTISING IN HEALTH CENTRES CARRY OUT VOLUNTARY INTERRUPTION OF PREGNANCY BY INSTRUMENTAL METHOD…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Criminal court

Article D45-2-2

Where the total term of imprisonment, including any revocation of a suspended sentence, is more than one year, the criminal court which does not issue a warrant for arrest or detention pursuant to Art…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Provisions specific to various commercial companies.

Article R223-20-2

When a shareholder wishes to make use of the option to request that items or draft resolutions be included on the agenda of a meeting, pursuant to the fifth paragraph of Article L. 223-27, he may ask…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Conditions of secondment.

Article L1262-2-2

The conditions under which the employers referred to in articles L. 1262-1 and L. 1262-2 are required to transmit, by electronic means, the declaration referred to in I of article L. 1262-2-1 of this…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Economic rights

Article L122-2-3

I.- The provisions of this code also govern the right of performance of a work incorporated into a programme mentioned in II on an ancillary online service broadcast cross-border by a broadcasting org…

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