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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Provisions relating to transit on French territory.

Article 728-73

…ained or subjected to any other restriction of his or her personal freedom on French territory, for acts or convictions prior to his or her departure from the territory of the sentencing State, he or…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 9: Merger of mutual insurance companies

Article R322-106-11

…a declaration with the clerk of the judicial court in which, on the one hand, they describe all the acts carried out with a view to carrying out the merger and, on the other hand, they certify that th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Merger

Article L236-17

…ting in a merger are required to file a declaration with the Registrar in which they relate all the acts carried out with a view to the merger and by which they affirm that the transaction has been ca…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Practice as a company

Article R422-47

The partner of a private practice company set up to practise the profession of industrial property attorney may be excluded from it in the event of a final disciplinary sanction having the effect of t…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Nationality of natural persons

Article 1045

The public prosecutor is required to act under the conditions of article 1042 if he is requested to do so by a public administration or by a third party who has raised the nationality objection before…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Revenue

Article L6473-8

…tion, advances chargeable to Treasury resources up to a maximum amount set each year by the Finance Act. A decree in the Council of State determines the conditions and limits under which these advance…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Membership of company boards of directors or supervisory boards

Article R2312-31

…et out in the first paragraph of Article L. 2312-77, request the President of the Commercial Court, acting in summary proceedings, to appoint a court-appointed agent to convene the shareholders' meeti…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions common to the various partnerships formed for the joint practice of the profession

Article R814-89

…is supplemented by the information provided for in 1° and 2° of article R. 123-237.In professional acts, each partner practising within the company shall indicate the name or business name of the com…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Employed persons

Article R4312-63

…nurses accept restrictions on their professional independence from their employer. Wherever they practise, they must always act first and foremost in the interests of public health, people and their…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: The Voting Operations Committee

Article R7343-32

…sociales des plateformes d'emploi appointed by the director general of this authority, one of whom acts as chairman and the other as secretary; 2° The representative of each candidate organisation me…

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