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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Decisions and appeals.

Article D464-8-1

The decisions of the Autorité de la concurrence referred to in Article L. 470-7-1 are published on the Autorité's website. Publicity may be limited to take account of the legitimate interest of the pa…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Registration

Article A822-8-1

Examination committees, which may include the specialist examiners referred to in article A. 822-8, present to the selection board, under whose authority they are placed, proposals for marking candida…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Authorised legal acts.

Article 815-5-1

…ownership of the property or if one of the joint owners is in one of the cases provided for in article 836, the alienation of undivided property may be authorised by the court, at the request of one o…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Authorised legal acts.

Article 815-7-1

In Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Réunion and Saint-Martin, when an undivided property for residential use or for mixed residential and professional use is vacant or has not been effectively o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Allocation of seats to professional employers' organizations

Article R23-112-8

In the event of a tie between two or more organisations after application of article R. 23-112-7, the seat is awarded to the professional employers' organisation with the largest number of member comp…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Single section: Fines for transport companies that fail to comply with entry regulations

Article R*821-1

The administrative authority competent to impose a fine for disembarking a foreign national without the required documents, as provided for in article L. 821-6, is the minister responsible for immigra…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Powers of the overseas regions in relation to economic development and regional planning

Article L4433-24-1-1

As from the transfer of the national road network to an overseas region, the president of the regional council manages the transferred domain. In this capacity, he shall exercise the police powers rel…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4a: Provisions applicable to refugees, stateless persons and beneficiaries of territorial asylum or subsidiary protection and to French nationals who have returned to French territory at the request of the French authorities

Article R4221-14-8

Successful candidates from the knowledge verification tests complete a two-year full-time skills consolidation programme. To this end, they are assigned to a post on the basis of a commitment to take…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Payments.

Article D3332-8-1

The employer's unilateral payment for the acquisition of shares or investment certificates issued by the company benefits all members who satisfy the seniority conditions, if any, set out in the plan…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Administrative composition

Article R232-88-1

The athlete may apply for Provisional Suspension under article L. 232-23-4 within ten days of waiving the B Sample analysis, notification of the B Sample analysis report or notification of any anti-do…

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