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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title I: Public prosecution and investigating authorities

Article D15-3

…eq., and specially designated by him for this purpose. In accordance with the provisions of Article L. 2211-2 of the General Local Authorities Code, he/she shall sign the agreements provided for by th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Conduct of the procedure

Article R631-36

Where, pursuant to III of Article L. 631-19 the administrator or the debtor provides for redundancies for economic reasons in his draft plan, he shall attach the following documents to the report file…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Medical file and medical fitness form.

Article R4626-33

…alth medical file is compiled by the occupational physician under the conditions set out in article L. 4624-8 of the French Labour Code. In compliance with the provisions of articles L. 1110-4 and L.…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Single subsection: Organisation and operation

Article R121-32

The General Manager attends meetings of the Board of Directors in an advisory capacity.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Board of Directors.

Article R4642-3

…of professional employers' organisations that are representative at national and cross-industry level. For the distribution of seats, the number of companies belonging to each of these organisations a…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 4: Group governance system

Article R356-34

The risk management system referred to in Article L. 356-19 includes the strategies, processes and information procedures necessary to identify, measure, control, manage and report, on an ongoing basi…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Employed foreign nationals

Article R421-3

…e temporary or multi-annual residence permit bearing the word "employee" issued pursuant to article L. 421-1 may not be withdrawn on the grounds that the foreign national has been deprived of employme…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: The National Register of Companies

Article R123-322

The fees referred to in II and III of Article L. 123-54 are collected by the single body referred to in Article R. 123-1, in accordance with the procedures set out in Article R. 123-8. As an exception…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Decisions and appeals.

Article R464-3

…cation of the provisions relating to the liquidation of the astreinte provided for in II of Article L. 464-2, the Autorité de la concurrence shall give its decision following referral to it under the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 8: Age conditions for medically assisted procreation and self-preservation of gametes

Article R2141-36

The age conditions required by article L. 2141-2 to benefit from the removal or collection of gametes, with a view to medically assisted procreation, are set as follows: 1° Oocytes may be retrieved fr…

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