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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 2: Control of the legality of the transfer of the registered office.

Article R229-12

…ices relating to the advertisements provided for in this section; 4° A copy of the minutes of the meetings referred to in the fourth paragraph of Article L. 229-2; 5° Details of the consequences of th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Continuation of the business.

Article R622-13

…uest for termination submitted by the administrator pursuant to IV of Article L. 622-13 is made by petition addressed to or lodged with the court registry. The clerk of the court convenes the debtor a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Monitoring weekly rest periods

Article R3172-1

In undertakings and establishments where all employees without exception do not benefit from weekly rest for the whole day on Sunday, the employer shall inform the employees, by any means, of the days…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Departmental mobilisation plan

Article R3131-11

…r the specific emergency measures that the departmental prefect may implement in emergency situations. This plan identifies in particular 1° The public or private resources likely to be mobilised by t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Common provisions

Article R4342-14

…on, appoints the full and alternate members mentioned in 4° and 5° for a renewable term of five years.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10: Import and export

Article R5121-111

The application for an import authorisation must be sent by any means capable of providing a date certain and must indicate : 1° The name or business name and address of the natural or legal person re…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article R411-1

The summons to vacate the premises takes the form of a bailiff's deed served on the person being evicted and contains, under penalty of nullity : 1° An indication of the enforceable title under which…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XX: National automated genetic fingerprint database and central biological sample preservation service

Article R53-13

The number and nature of the non-coding DNA segments on which genetic fingerprint identification analyses are based are defined by order of the Minister of Justice and the Minister of the Interior iss…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Common provisions

Article R61-1

…nment to be served. A copy of the decision is given to the offender and, if applicable, to his lawyer. This decision constitutes an order to the head of the designated prison to receive and detain the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Conditions for authorising the apprenticeship programme

Article R1161-14

The elements of the programme include in particular: 1° The name of the medicinal product, together with its international non-proprietary name; 2° Information essential for the appropriation of the t…

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