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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Financial assistance

Article R5132-24-2

The financial aid referred to in Article R. 5132-24-1 is paid to the intermediary association for each full-time position occupied. Where applicable, the amount of aid is reduced in proportion to the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Criminal provisions

Article R3173-3

Failure to submit to the Labour Inspectorate the documents required to record the hours worked by each employee, in breach of the provisions of article L. 3171-3, is punishable by a third-class fine.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Organisation and operation

Article R712-2

Each commission comprises the prefect, as chairman, and the departmental director of public finance, as vice-chairman. Each of these persons may be represented by a delegate in accordance with the pro…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Conversion of the agreement.

Article R441-28

In the event of conversion of an agreement under the conditions mentioned in articles R. 441-24 or R. 441-26, the assets representing the technical provisions mentioned in 1° and 3° of article R. 441-…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: International trade mark

Article R717-3

The two-month period within which observations by third parties must be submitted pursuant to Article L. 712-3 runs from the publication of the Gazette by the World Intellectual Property Organization.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Departmental commercial development commissions.

Article R751-3

When the catchment area defined in the applicant's file exceeds the boundaries of one département, the prefect of the département of the commune of establishment determines the number of elected repre…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: The National Council of Sworn Commodity Brokers

Article R131-37

The Conseil national des courtiers de marchandises assermentés appoints each year before 31 December a statutory auditor and a deputy statutory auditor under the conditions set out in articles L. 823-…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Organisation of the National Institute of Industrial Property

Article R411-3

The Board of Directors is made up of fourteen members: 1° A personality from the business world, chairman, appointed by order of the minister responsible for industrial property for a period of three…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Approval and supervision of pre-orientation and vocational education centres

Article R5213-28

The application for approval is sent by the person responsible for the project to the prefect of the region in which the establishment is located. It is accompanied by a dossier, the composition of wh…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Approval and supervision of pre-orientation and vocational education centres

Article R5213-29

The extension of a centre must be the subject of a new approval issued under the conditions set out in articles R. 5213-27 and R. 5213-28. Changes to training programmes are approved by the regional p…

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