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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Transparency and disclosure requirements

Article L326-4

In response to a duly justified request, collective management organisations shall communicate, by electronic means and within a period not exceeding one month, to the holders of rights managed by the…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Section 3: Multiple seizures

Article R522-14

The distraining creditor who arranges for the removal of the assets with a view to their forced sale shall inform, by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, the creditors who have made a p…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: The jury

Article A212-20

By 31 December each year at the latest, the national joint employment and training committees with competence in the field of entertainment and sport propose for the following year, at the request of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Meetings

Article L2315-22

Save in exceptional circumstances, the members of the staff delegation of the Social and Economic Committee shall submit to the employer a written note setting out the purpose of the requests made, tw…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Introduction of part-time working arrangements

Article L3123-17

A company or establishment agreement or, failing that, an extended branch agreement may provide for the implementation of part-time working hours at the employer's initiative. This agreement or conven…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Economic interest groupings under French law.

Article L251-15

When, in the course of his work, the statutory auditor identifies facts likely to compromise the group's ability to continue as a going concern, he informs the directors, in accordance with the condit…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
a: Public and private documents

Article 635 A

Manual gifts mentioned in the second paragraph of Article 757 must be declared or registered by the donee or his representatives within one month of the date on which the donee disclosed the gift to t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Actions and resources of members of multidisciplinary occupational health teams.

Article L4624-9

I.-When the occupational physician ascertains the presence of a risk to the health of workers, he/she shall propose, in a reasoned and detailed written document, measures aimed at protecting it. The e…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Definitions and special conditions

Article R1125-18

For any application for authorisation for research involving the human person carried out in the context of medically assisted procreation, the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Consultation of the Assembly of French Guyana by the Government

Article L7152-1

The Assembly of French Guyana may submit proposals for the amendment or adaptation of legislative or regulatory provisions in force or in the process of being drawn up, as well as any proposals relati…

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