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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Reduction of capital.

Article R225-158

Shares purchased, with a view to a reduction in the share capital, by the company that issued them are cancelled, if they are registered shares, by an entry in the company's register of registered sha…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Conditions governing access to the judicial and legal professions for certain commercial court registrars.

Article R742-38

Within six months of the completion of the probationary period provided for in article R. 742-35, the court clerk shall again refer the matter to the commission so that it may examine, in the light of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IV: Judicial measures to prevent recidivism in terrorism and rehabilitation

Article R50-83

When it considers that the conditions for renewal of the judicial measure to prevent recidivism in terrorism and reintegration mentioned in III of Article 706-25-16 are met, the anti-terrorist public…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Authorisation and renewal

Article R1173-11

The holder of the authorisation for a "maison sport-santé" must declare to the authorities mentioned in the first paragraph of article R. 1173-1 any project to modify the elements on the basis of whic…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Judgment

Article R4443-7

I.-Articles R. 4234-41 to R. 4234-49 are applicable in New Caledonia and French Polynesia in their version resulting from decree no. 2022-381 of 16 March 2022, subject to the adaptations provided for…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions

Article R222-21

If there are serious and concrete doubts as to the sports agent's level of knowledge of the French language, the competent authority may require, after verification of the professional qualifications…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Control rules

Article R1251-4

The prior declaration of a temporary employment undertaking provided for in Article L. 1251-45 shall include the following information: 1° An indication of the planned operation: creation of a tempora…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Control rules

Article R1251-9

The temporary employment agency shall inform, by any means, the temporary employees of each establishment: 1° Of the communication of nominative information contained in the statements of assignment c…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Control rules

Article R1251-10

Closure of the business pursuant to article L. 1251-47 is ordered by the President of the Commercial Court.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Control rules

Article R1251-7

For the application of article L. 1251-46, before the 20th of each month, the temporary employment agency sends Pôle emploi a statement of the assignment contracts concluded during the previous month(…

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