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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Refusal to renew.

Article L145-24

The right to renewal may not be enforced against an owner who has obtained planning permission to build residential premises on all or part of one of the properties referred to in 2° of article L. 145…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Scope of application.

Article L7231-2

Decrees will specify 1° The content of the personal services activities mentioned in Article L. 7231-1; 2° A ceiling in terms of the value or working time of home-based services enabling the activitie…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Single chapter

Article L3631-2

Municipal police officers, gardes champêtres (rural wardens), agents de surveillance de Paris (Paris surveillance officers) and agents de la Ville de Paris (City of Paris police officers), referred to…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Partial contribution of assets

Article L236-28

Where the contribution referred to in article L. 236-27 is carried out between joint-stock companies, between limited liability companies or between one or more joint-stock companies and one or more l…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Operation

Article R2353-5

The information provided, pursuant to the fourth paragraph of Article L. 229-3 of the Commercial Code, by the company, subsidiary or establishment involved in the merger to certify that the arrangemen…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Payment of training costs

Article L6323-20

The educational costs and the costs associated with the validation of skills and knowledge relating to the training are paid by the body mentioned in article L. 6333-1. By way of derogation from the f…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: General information

Article L611-2

Industrial property titles protecting inventions are:1° Patents for invention, granted for a term of twenty years from the date of filing of the application;2° Utility certificates, granted for a term…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L2141-2

Medically assisted procreation is intended to fulfil a parental project. Any couple consisting of a man and a woman or two women or any unmarried woman shall have access to medically assisted procreat…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Provisions relating to personnel.

Article R6113-52

The agency employs staff governed by titles II, III or IV of the general statute of civil servants and staff mentioned in 1° and 2° of article L. 6152-1 in an active, secondment or secondment position…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: The works council and other social dialogue bodies

Article R114-59

In addition to the Director, who chairs it, the person in charge of human resources management and staff representatives, the Management Committee includes a representative of the region appointed by…

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