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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 11: Termination of service.

Article R6152-631

Attached practitioners who are former university clinical chiefs and hospital assistants, former university hospital assistants, former university assistants and hospital assistants, former university…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE VIII BIS: Special provisions for sole traders covered by the status defined in Section 3 of Chapter VI of Title II of Book V

Article R681-1

I.-The application to open a business as referred to in Article L. 681-1 shall be submitted in accordance with the provisions of Titles II to IV of this Book, subject to the following provisions: 1° T…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section IIc : Mobile electronic anti-seizure devices for the protection of victims of violence

Article 1136-23

…the Penal Code is implemented in accordance with the provisions of the last paragraph of article R. 631-1 of the Penitentiary Code, the measure ordered pursuant to Article 515-11-1 of the Civil Code i…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Preliminary chapter: Commencement and conduct of judicial liquidation.

Article R640-1

…liquidation proceedings shall be presented in accordance with the procedures set out in articles R. 631-1, R. 631-2, with the exception of the second paragraph, R. 631-4 and R. 631-5. A creditor's app…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 5: Placement in an anti-seizure bracelet

Article R24-24

…llance, the provisions of articles R. 24-14 to R. 24-23 are applicable, as are those of articles R. 631-1 and R. 631-3 du code pénitentiaire.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Professional recovery

Article R645-9

The quantified statement of receivables and debts mentioned in 5° of Article R. 631-1 may be completed by the debtor within fifteen days of the judgment opening the professional recovery procedure. Th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Provisions specific to agricultural products and foodstuffs

Article L443-4

…or more agricultural products, where the indicators listed in the ninth paragraph of III of Article L. 631-24 and in Articles L. 631-24-1 et L. 631-24-3 of the French Rural and Maritime Fishing Code o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Allowance for self-employed workers

Article L5424-25

…business has been the subject of a court-ordered liquidation under the conditions set out inarticle L. 641-1 of the Commercial Code, with the exception of the cases set out in article L. 640-3 of the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Other provisions.

Article R662-1-2

The precautionary measures mentioned in articles L. 621-2, L. 631-10-1and L. 651-4 are implemented at the initiative of the judicial administrator, the mandataire judiciaire or, where applicable, the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IX: Special provisions for insolvency proceedings covered by Regulation (EU) No 2015/848 of 20 May 2015 on insolvency proceedings

Article R690-1

Other than the documents mentioned in articles R. 621-1, R. 631-1 or R. 640-1, the following documents shall be attached to the application to open insolvency proceedings: 1° Any information enabling…

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