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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Registration upon declaration

Article R123-95

…f a legal entity, its legal representative is not entered in the national file mentioned in article L. 128-1. Verification by the Registrar of the existence of the declaration, authorisation, title or…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Commencement of proceedings.

Article R621-9

The observation period opened by the judgment may be renewed, pursuant to Article L. 621-3, for a maximum period of six months.The president shall set the case on the court's roll no later than ten da…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Funeral home, mortuary and crematorium (R)

Article R2223-90

…mortuary room whenever they register an average annual number of deaths at least equal to two hundred.The condition defined in the previous paragraph is assessed in the light of the average number of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Duties towards patients

Article R4321-91

Independently of the personal medical file provided for in article L. 161-36-1 of the Social Security Code, the masseur-physiotherapist keeps a personal file for each patient; it is confidential and c…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Compulsory recovery of wages and allowances due to foreign employees not authorised to work

Article R8252-9

…l'intégration decides to implement the financial solidarity of the principal referred to in Article L. 8254-2, he shall inform the principal, by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt or by…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter II: REFUSAL AND WITHDRAWAL OF RESIDENCE PERMITS

Article R432-9

…sing to issue or renew a residence permit, refers the matter to the Commission mentioned in article L. 432-14 for an opinion, he will make available to the foreign national, as soon as the matter is r…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Transparency in commercial relations.

Article R441-9

…nd supporting documents needed to assess whether the trader is covered by the provisions of article L. 441-15. If the application is incomplete, the department shall ask the applicant to provide the n…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Customer due diligence obligations

Article R561-9

…ctive investment scheme through the intermediary of a person referred to in 1° to 6° bis of Article L. 561-2 who is not established on the territory of another Member State of the European Union, a St…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Credits

Article R754-9

…3-17-1 and R. 313-17-2, the references to the contracts mentioned in the first paragraph of article L. 6148-5 of the Public Health Code do not apply.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 7: Subsequent work on the structure.

Article R4532-95

The file for subsequent work on the structure provided for in article L. 4532-16 brings together, in a slip, all the documents, such as plans and technical notes, likely to facilitate subsequent work…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
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