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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Declarations and filings concerning legal entities

Article R123-264

Final decisions placing one of the persons mentioned in 1° and 2° of article R. 123-253 under guardianship or trusteeship within the meaning of Article 440 of the Civil Code and those which discharge…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: One-stop shop for live performances

Article R7122-20

…e L. 1221-10 to be met. The employer is exempted from sending the documents provided for in article R. 1221-3. When the employer does not have the declaration before the actual start of work, he shall…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Identification of accounts and treatment of over-indebtedness

Article R721-21

…arations relating to cheque accounts and the declarations relating to safes provided for in Article R. 721-22 for the sole purpose of carrying out the duties assigned to it by Article L. 721-24 and Ar…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Voluntary termination of pregnancy by medication

Article R2311-21

…es are administered by a doctor or midwife from the centre under the conditions set out in articles R. 2212-9 to R. 2212-19.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Control of legality

Article R3132-2

The provisions of articles R. 2131-5 to R. 2131-7 are applicable to public contracts awarded by the départements and their public establishments.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXa: Directory of personal data collected in the context of legal proceedings, known as "Redex".

Article R53-21-2

I.-The persons whose data is recorded in the register are those being prosecuted, within the meaning of paragraphs 10 and 1 of Article 706-56-2, and those convicted of one of the offences for which so…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Guarantee undertaking

Article R7123-29

…cy may continue its activity only if it has obtained, under the conditions provided for in articles R. 7123-26 to R. 7123-28, another guarantee commitment, so that payment of the debts defined in arti…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Rules specific to contracts with a particular purpose

Article R224-2

In the event of termination of the contract for a legitimate reason as provided for in article L. 224-90, the price initially agreed is reduced in proportion, respectively, to the duration of the cont…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Illness and accident

Article R1262-2

…security scheme, the declaration is made in accordance with the procedures provided for by article R. 412-2 of the Social Security Code or by the second paragraph of article D. 751-93 of the Rural an…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title I: CONSUMER INFORMATION

Article R111-2

…ation of the provisions of Article L. 111-2, in addition to the information provided for in Article R. 111-1, the trader shall communicate to the consumer or make available to the consumer the followi…

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