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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Declarations and filings concerning legal entities

Article R123-257

The following information relating to the company's principal place of business in France, or its registered office if it has no place of business, shall be entered in the National Register of Compani…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Declarations and filings concerning legal entities

Article R123-258

Where applicable, the following information relating to principal or secondary establishments located and registered in another Member State of the European Union or party to the Agreement on the Euro…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Public policy

Article D3121-25

Pursuant to the fourth paragraph of article L. 3121-41 and the seventh paragraph of article L. 3121-44, overtime means hours worked : 1° More than thirty-nine hours per week. 2° Over and above the ave…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Preventing the unlawful downloading and making available of works and subject-matter protected by copyright or related rights

Article L336-4

The essential characteristics of the authorised use of a work or protected object, made available by an online public communication service, are brought to the attention of the user in an easily acces…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Military personnel serving in the French army

Article L4061-4

I. - When a healthcare professional who has ceased to be covered by the provisions of article L. 4138-2 of the Defence Code, applies to be entered on the roll of a professional association or on one o…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Transfer and transit.

Article 728-25

If the Member State to which transit is requested cannot guarantee that the sentenced person will not be prosecuted or subjected to a measure involving deprivation or restriction of liberty on its ter…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Organisation and operation

Article R1435-25

Each year, before 1st March, the interministerial decree referred to in the second paragraph of article L. 1435-10 sets the amount of funding allocated to each regional health agency, after consulting…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Penalties

Article R824-25

Temporary prohibition and striking off entail, for the duration of the sanction in the first case, definitively in the second case, prohibition from practising the profession of statutory auditor. The…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Communal property.

Article D2573-25

I. - The articles R. 2242-1 to R. 2242-6 shall apply to the communes of French Polynesia subject to the adaptations provided for in II. II. - For the application of article R. 2242-2, the words: "Mini…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Catering and rest

Article R4228-25

In the absence of a rest area, when the nature of the activities so requires and after consulting the social and economic committee, the catering area or the place where meals can be taken must be abl…

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