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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Foreign workers.

Article R5523-11

Notwithstanding article R. 5523-10, foreign nationals who are legally resident in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon may be authorised to work there. They must enclose an employment contract with their applicat…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Supervision of apprenticeship training leading to a diploma

Article R6261-19

Each expert appointed by the consular chambers mentioned in article R. 6261-16 draws up an annual activity report. This report is sent by the president of the chamber concerned to the regional prefect…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Issue of approval

Article R7232-10

The authorisation issued to a legal entity or sole trader with several establishments may be modified if one of its establishments falls into one of the cases of withdrawal mentioned in article R. 723…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Procedure

Article R4126-12

Unless the provisions of article R. 4126-5 are applied, the complaint or application and the documents attached thereto shall be communicated in their entirety to the parties in copy form. Where the v…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 3: Regulatory capital requirement for groups.

Article R356-17

In order to calculate the group solvency of an undertaking mentioned in the first paragraph of Article R. 356-8 which is a participating undertaking in a credit institution, investment firm or financi…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 3: Regulatory capital requirement for groups.

Article R356-18

Where the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution in its capacity as group supervisor does not have the information necessary to calculate the group solvency of an undertaking mentioned in th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Deposits to be made by companies having their registered office abroad

Article R123-119

In the event of the transfer to France of the registered office of a European company registered in another Member State of the European Community or party to the Agreement on the European Economic Ar…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Reporting obligations.

Article R5121-197

The correspondent mentioned in article R. 5121-181 who receives the report provided for in article R. 5121-196 immediately forwards it to the regional pharmacovigilance centre. If he is otherwise awar…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Title II: Litigation

Article R522-1

Actions and claims relating to Community designs provided for by Article L. 522-2 shall be brought before the judicial courts referred to in Article R. 211-7 of the Code of Judicial Organisation.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter VII: International trade marks and European Union trade marks

Article R717-11

Actions and claims relating to European Union trade marks provided for by Article L. 717-4 shall be brought before the judicial courts mentioned in Article R. 211-7 of the Code of Judicial Organisatio…

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