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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 19: Display and information.

Article R4534-153

The obligations laid down in this chapter shall be displayed in the changing room provided for in Article R. 4534-139. They shall be displayed in a suitable place, be easily accessible and kept in a c…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VII: Tontines.

Article R322-152

At the end of each year, the total assets of each association in the event of death are distributed among the beneficiaries of members who died during the year, subject only to the deductions which ma…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VI: Mergers, demergers and partial contributions of assets

Article R236-15

The period provided for in the third paragraph of article L. 236-14 is three months from the last publication formality or the sending of the simple or registered letter provided for in article R. 236…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Application procedure

Article R5221-15

The application for a work permit referred to in I of article R. 5221-1 is sent by teleservice to the prefect of the département in which the employing establishment has its registered office or the i…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article R57-15

The magistrate shall inform the person concerned that he or she may at any time request that a doctor check that the implementation of the procedure described in article R. 622-1 du code pénitentiaire…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 8: Provisions applicable to the protection of ionising radiation sources against malicious acts

Article R1333-151

The person responsible for the nuclear activity shall inform the person concerned in writing of the request for an opinion made to the administrative authority and shall inform him that, in this conte…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Changes in share capital and employee share ownership.

Article R225-155

If the shares presented for purchase exceed the number of shares to be purchased, each selling shareholder is entitled to a reduction proportional to the number of shares he proves he owns or holds. I…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Provisions specific to certain contracts

Article R132-15

The registration ceases to have effect if it has not been renewed, in accordance with the procedure set out in Article R. 132-10, before the expiry of the five-year period running from the date of reg…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Automatic processing of personal data known as "Application for managing the files of foreign nationals in France".

Article R142-15

Other than the officials responsible for implementing the processing and those of the Agence nationale des titres sécurisés responsible for manufacturing the documents, have access, by virtue of their…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Organs, tissues and cells removed for therapeutic purposes for others.

Article R1211-15

When elements of the human body used on French territory are imported from a State in which one or more of the medical biology analyses mentioned in article R. 1211-14 are not performed, they are acco…

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