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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Formation without a public offer or with a public offer referred to in 1° or 2° of Article L. 411-2 of the Monetary and Financial Code or in Article L. 411-2-1 of the Monetary and Financial Code

Article R225-13

…etary and Financial Code or in Article L. 411-2-1 of the same code, only the provisions of articles R. 22-10-6 to R. 22-10-8 and R. 22-10-12 are applicable to the formation of the company.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions

Article R413-10

…they attend regularly and seriously.The civic training and language training mentioned in articles R. 413-12 and R. 413-13 are provided free of charge.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Register of unavailable books from the 20th century

Article R134-2

The title of each book and all the data and information mentioned in Article R. 134-1 associated with it are deleted on expiry of the protection periods mentioned in articles L. 123-1 to L. 123-12.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Recourse through the hierarchy

Article R1253-30

…d withdraw approval for an employers' group may be appealed to the authority referred to in article R. 1253-12 within one month of notification of the contested decision.

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Subsection 1: Opposition by creditors

Article R221-44

…R. 221-42. He may immediately carry out an additional seizure under the conditions prescri…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Payment of the subcontractor

Article R2193-13

Once the period referred to in article R. 2193-12 has elapsed, the contractor is deemed to have accepted those supporting documents or parts of supporting documents which he has not expressly accepted…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Election of representatives of local authorities and public establishments of inter-municipal cooperation with their own tax status

Article R1213-8

…st or lodged against receipts with the secretariat of the census commission provided for in Article R. 1213-12.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: Provisional documents issued while an application submitted via the teleservice referred to in article R. 431-2 is being examined

Article R431-15-1

The submission of an application using the teleservice mentioned in article R. 431-2 will result in the immediate issue of a dematerialised online submission certificate. This document does not provid…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: Provisional documents issued while an application submitted via the teleservice referred to in article R. 431-2 is being examined

Article R431-15-2

…pplication of article L. 426-13 and the beneficiary has been residing in France for at least one year. The certificate of extension of the examination of an application for renewal of a residence perm…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 3a: Provisions relating to electronic communication using the application referred to in Article R. 414-1 of the Code of Administrative Justice

Article R532-28-5

The court may, by means of the same application, send all communications and notifications provided for in this chapter to the agents registered therein. Unless he requests otherwise, a representative…

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