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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Termination of the employment contract

Article R7413-4

For the application of the provisions of articles L. 1234-1 to L. 1234-8 and L. 1237-1, relating to notice periods, to homeworkers with an open-ended employment contract, the compensation due in the e…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Costs and expenses

Article R4126-41

…the Disciplinary Chamber of First Instance or of an order of its President made pursuant to Article R. 4126-5 which has become final or which has been reversed by the National Disciplinary Chamber as…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions applicable to contracts other than those for social services and other specific services

Article R2131-4

…public authorities listed in a notice annexed to this Code, may use a notice referred to in Article R. 2131-1 to issue an invitation to tender as part of a restricted tender procedure or a procedure w…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Title I: Trademarks and service marks

Article R714-4

Acts affecting the ownership of a trade mark or the enjoyment of the rights attaching thereto, such as assignment, grant of a right of exploitation, creation or assignment of a pledge or waiver thereo…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 7: EC verification.

Article R5211-43

…on relating to the manufacture of medical devices. In the case of medical devices placed on the market in a sterile condition, the manufacturer must also undertake to keep the quality system set up to…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Departmental councils

Article L4312-4-2

I.-A territorial council of the order of nurses is constituted in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon when the number of nurses practising there is at least equal to twice the minimum number provided for the dep…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VIII: Transferable securities issued by joint stock companies.

Article R228-4

The transmission deadlines referred to in Articles L. 228-2 and L. 228-3 are specified in 6. of Article 9 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1212 of 3 September 2018.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Compensation procedures.

Article R211-41

…onal activity and the address of his employer(s). It also clearly states the provisions of articles L. 211-11 and L. 211-12. In the absence of this information, the forfeiture period provided for in t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Control.

Article L1263-4-1

…torate control officer or the equivalent control officer mentioned in the last paragraph of Article L. 8112-1 who has not received, by the end of the period of forty-eight hours from the start of the…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Public authorities, public institutions or public utilities

Article 1042 B

…tus of property allocated to student accommodation are defined in the eleventh paragraph of article L. 822-1 of the Education Code.

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