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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Changes in share capital and employee share ownership

Article L22-10-62

The general meeting of a company whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market or a multilateral trading facility subject to the provisions of II of Article L. 433-3 of the Monetary and F…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Local monitoring system for medically assisted procreation

Article R2142-48

Each establishment or body mentioned in 2° of Article R. 2142-42 shall ensure that a procedure is put in place to prevent the use of gametes, germinal tissue or embryos mentioned in 1° of I of Article…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Transfer and loss of rights

Article R613-49

The application provided for in Article L. 613-22, seeking a declaration that the rights attached to a patent application or patent have lapsed, shall be submitted in writing. A reasoned decision is t…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: CONTENT OF PROTECTION

Article R561-4

For the application of article L. 561-8, the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons informs the parents or legal guardians of the minor concerned that any refusal to submit…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Revitalisation by companies not subject to the obligation to offer redeployment leave

Article D1233-48

No later than three years after the notification of redundancies provided for in Article L. 1233-46, the Prefect(s) shall convene a meeting of the Monitoring Committee under the conditions and in acco…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Sub-section 3: Provisions relating to sports betting bans

Article R131-42

I. - The president of the federation shall authorise one or more persons from among his staff who have the appropriate technical and legal skills to: 1° Process the data contained in the database refe…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Interest for late payment

Article 440 bis

I. - Any tax, duty or charge provided for in this Code that has not been paid within the legal time limit shall give rise to the payment of interest on arrears.Interest for late payment applies from t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Criminal provisions

Article L742-14

I.-Subject to the adaptations in II, the provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in New Caledonia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Single chapter

Article A160-4

If each arrears receipt can be brought up to the threshold mentioned in article A. 160-2 or article A. 160-2-1 by grouping together the various annuity contracts taken out with the same company by the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Financial penalties imposed by the Regional Health Agency

Article L5472-1

I. - The Director General of the regional health agency with territorial jurisdiction may, in the areas under his authority, impose a financial penalty on the perpetrator of a breach of the provisions…

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