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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Explanations provided to borrowers and assessment of their creditworthiness

Article R341-21

…rmediary who fails to comply with the pre-contractual information formalities prescribed in article R. 313-11 and relating to the advisory service is punishable by the fine laid down for 5th class off…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Declaration of claims.

Article R622-21

…ify known creditors of having to declare their claims to him within the period mentioned in Article R. 622-24. The co-contractors mentioned in articles L. 622-13 and L. 622-14 benefit from a period of…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4 : Participation of medical transport companies in the on-call service for urgent medical transport

Article R6312-21

…the most representative departmental emergency medical transport association referred to in article R. 6312-20 and after obtaining the opinion of the medical transport sub-committee, the Director Gene…

AI translation · Updated 30 Oct 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Management and information costs and costs relating to the tasks of skills operators

Article R6332-21

…resources referred to in article L. 6332-2 is not concluded, the expenditure referred to in article R. 6332-17 may not exceed the minimum amount referred to in the third paragraph of I of article D. 6…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: The decision on the admissibility of the application and the examination of the conditions of detention

Article R249-21

Within ten days of receipt of the application sent to him in accordance with article R. 249-20, the judge shall rule on its admissibility by means of a reasoned order in accordance with the second and…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The Bulletin officiel des annonces civiles et commerciales.

Article R123-212

Publication of the notice provided for in Article R. 123-211 is required from the registrar by the new owner of the business within three days of the first insertion in a medium authorised to receive…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The Bulletin officiel des annonces civiles et commerciales.

Article R123-213

…donee, legatee, sole heir of the holder of a business includes the information required by articles R. 123-155 et seq. and, in addition, the name of the former operator and its registration number in…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Subsection 6: Expiry of the summons to pay in the event of seizure

Article R321-21

On expiry of the period provided for in article R. 321-20 and until publication of the title deed, any interested party may ask the enforcement judge to declare that the summons has lapsed and to orde…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Insurance CodeIn force
Section V: Information to be provided to the public

Article R385-21

…ancial position other than those already required to be published pursuant to Articles L. 385-7 and R. 385-18 to R. 385-20, under the conditions specified by Article 298 of Commission Delegated Regula…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Inventions by natural persons who are not employees or public servants, hosted by a legal person carrying out research

Article R611-21

…f the permanent research staff are private-law employees, are subject to the provisions of articles R. 611-1 to R. 611-10. The conditions under which this inventor, the author of an invention belongin…

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