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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Miscellaneous provisions

Article R4126-22

Articles R. 627-4 and R. 636-1 of the Code of Administrative Justice relating to the notification of investigative measures and withdrawal are applicable before the first instance and national discipl…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Miscellaneous provisions

Article R4126-21

The death of the practitioner being prosecuted immediately and definitively terminates the proceedings before both the Disciplinary Chamber of First Instance and the National Disciplinary Chamber.In c…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Conversion of the société européenne into a société anonyme.

Article R229-25

The transformation commissioners are appointed and carry out their mission under the conditions set out in article R. 22-10-7.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Conversion of the société européenne into a société anonyme.

Article R229-24

The proposed transformation of the société européenne, provided for in the second paragraph of article L. 229-10, is the subject of a notice inserted in a medium authorised to receive legal announceme…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Conversion of the société européenne into a société anonyme.

Article R229-26

The conversion of a European Company registered in France into a société anonyme is published under the conditions set out in article R. 225-165.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Renewal procedure

Article R5221-35

The criteria mentioned in article R. 5221-20 also apply when renewing one of these work permits for the first time, if the foreign national is applying for a job in an occupation or geographical area…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Renewal procedure

Article R5221-33

Notwithstanding article R. 5221-32, the validity of the work permit referred to in 2° of I of article R. 5221-3 is extended by one year if the foreign national is involuntarily unemployed on the date…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Renewal procedure

Article R5221-34

Renewal of one of the work permits referred to in articles R. 5221-32 and R. 5221-33 may be refused where : 1° The foreign national concerned fails to comply with the terms of the work permit he or sh…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Renewal procedure

Article R5221-36

The first renewal may also be refused if the employment contract was terminated within twelve months of recruitment, except in the case of involuntary loss of employment.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Renewal procedure

Article R5221-32

Renewal of the work permit referred to in I of article R. 5221-1 is applied for during the second month before it expires. The renewal application must be accompanied by documents, the list of which i…

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