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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Therapeutic injunction by the public prosecutor

Article L3423-1

The public prosecutor may order a person who has used drugs illegally or habitually and excessively consumed alcohol to submit to a therapeutic injunction in the form of treatment or medical supervisi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Subsidiaries, holdings and controlled companies

Article L233-19

I.-Subject to justification in the notes drawn up by the consolidating company, a subsidiary or holding is left outside the consolidation when severe and lasting restrictions substantially call into q…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE III: Provisions common to the various commercial companies.

Article L235-1

The nullity of a company or of a deed amending the articles may only result from an express provision of this Book or of the laws governing the nullity of contracts. In the case of sociétés à responsa…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VI: Protection of sole traders

Article L526-11

Where all or part of the assigned assets are joint or undivided assets, the sole trader provides proof of the express agreement of his spouse or co-tenants and of their prior information about the rig…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Organisation and supervision of the profession.

Article L821-14

The High Council, on its own initiative or at the request of the Keeper of the Seals, Minister of Justice, the Autorité des marchés financiers, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution or…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Manufacturing and wholesale distribution.

Article L5124-16

Subject to the provisions ofOrder no. 2014-948 of 20 August 2014 relating to the governance and capital transactions of publicly held companies, "Laboratoire français du fractionnement et des biotechn…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Definitions.

Article L7412-1

A homeworker is any person who : 1° Carries out work entrusted to them either directly or through an intermediary, on behalf of one or more establishments, in return for flat-rate remuneration; 2° Wor…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 5: Amendments to the Articles of Association

Article L5211-18

I. - Without prejudice to the provisions of article L. 5215-40, the perimeter of the public intercommunal cooperation establishment may subsequently be extended, by order of the State representative(s…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Openings, mutations and transfers.

Article L3332-1-1

Any person declaring the opening, transfer or relocation of a third or fourth category on-trade drinks outlet or any person declaring an establishment with a "petite licence restaurant" or "licence re…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter II: Safety at sporting events

Article L332-16-1

The Minister of the Interior may, by order, prohibit the individual or collective movement of persons claiming to be supporters of a team or behaving as such at the site of a sporting event and whose…

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