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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Formation, amendment and duration of the contract

Article L224-25-6

Traders who offer, directly or through a third party, a supply of digital content or digital services may not make the conclusion or amendment of the terms of the contract governing that supply subjec…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: The Board of Directors and General Management

Article L22-10-6

…are admitted to trading on a regulated market, the number of directors elected pursuant to article L. 225-27 may not be more than five nor exceed one-third of the number of other directors. Any appoi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Preferential rights and guarantees for wage claims.

Article L143-11-6

…cheme defined by Section I of Chapter I of Title V of Book III of this Code.The collection, control and litigation of these contributions are governed by the rules set out in Article L. 351-5-1.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Procedure

Article R134-6

The objection provided for in the first paragraph of I of Article L. 134-4 is lodged with the Bibliothèque nationale de France. Upon receipt, the Bibliothèque nationale de France enters a note in the…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Management of income from the exploitation of rights

Article R321-6

I. - The creative support referred to in Article L. 324-17 means assistance given: 1° To the creation of a work, its performance, the first fixation of a work or performance on a phonogram or videogra…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Title IV: The interprofessional ambulatory care company

Article R4041-6

I.-Where its articles of association so provide in accordance with a of 3° of article L. 4041-2, an interprofessional ambulatory care company may employ a healthcare professional in order to carry out…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Drawing up the research report

Article R612-69

…e art do not need to be taken into consideration in order to assess, within the meaning of articles L. 611-11 and L. 611-14, the patentability of the invention, which is the subject of the application…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Constitution

Article R6332-64

…s intended to receive the contribution of self-employed workers, members of the liberal professions and self-employed workers provided for in article L. 6331-48 less the two fractions mentioned in art…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter V: Criminal provisions

Article R3135-6

Failure to comply with the provisions of articles L. 3172-1 and L. 3172-2, relating to the monitoring of weekly rest periods, as well as those of the decrees issued for their application, is punishabl…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 6: Suspension of the procedure for examining applications for business authorisations provided for in article L. 752-1-2

Article R752-29-6

…or presidents of the public establishments for inter-communal cooperation with their own tax status and the mayor or mayors mentioned, as the case may be, in the third or fourth paragraph of article R…

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