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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Management leases.

Article L144-10

Any management lease contract or any other agreement containing similar clauses, granted by the owner or operator of a business that does not meet the conditions provided for in the above articles, is…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Regional health agency.

Article L6431-10

The health agency is headed by a director appointed by order of the ministers responsible for overseas France and health. The Director represents the Agency in legal proceedings and in all civil acts.…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Dormant accounts

Article R312-19

I. - As part of the consultation of the data contained in the national register for the identification of natural persons, provided for in the ninth paragraph of I of article L. 312-19, the institutio…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Other prohibited practices

Article L442-10

No business or administrative association or cooperative may, on a regular basis, offer products for sale, sell them or provide services if these activities are not provided for in its articles of ass…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Undeclared work.

Article L8271-10

Upon written request, control officers may obtain from the prefectoral services any information or documents relating to the authorisation to practise or the approval of a regulated profession.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Incapacity resulting from an accident at work or an occupational disease.

Article L1226-10

When an employee who has suffered an accident at work or has contracted an occupational disease is declared unfit by the occupational physician, in application of article L. 4624-4, to return to the j…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to securities giving access to the capital.

Article L228-101

If the company called upon to issue the equity securities is absorbed by another company or merges with one or more other companies to form a new company, or carries out a demerger, the holders of sec…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IX: Miscellaneous provisions

Article L490-10

Professional organisations may bring an action before the civil or commercial courts for acts that directly or indirectly harm the collective interest of the profession or sector they represent, or fa…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Procedure.

Article L6362-10

The rejection and payment decisions referred to in this book taken by the administrative authority may only be made, after notification of the results of the inspection, if an adversarial procedure ha…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 3: Processing applications

Article L434-10

Authorisation to enter France as part of the family reunification procedure is given by the competent administrative authority after verification of housing and income conditions by the mayor of the f…

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