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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions applicable after registration of the European Company.

Article L2354-2

…within six months of the end of the four-year period. To conduct these negotiations, the Committee acts as a special negotiating body. The Committee remains in office until it is renewed or replaced.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Mutual insurance companies.

Article R*322-106-1

…either the company nor the members may rely on the aforementioned nullities vis-à-vis third parties acting in good faith.

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Procedures for amending the single copy and the certificate of transferability in the case of services entrusted to a subcontractor eligible for direct payment

Article R2193-5

Where the contractor intends, after notification of the contract, to entrust to subcontractors benefiting from direct payment the performance of services for an amount greater than that indicated in t…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: National Consumer Institute

Article L822-11

…f of the commission mentioned in article L. 822-4 are bound by professional secrecy with regard to facts, acts and information of which they may have become aware by reason of their duties, under the…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Taxation

Article 662

…en they do not give rise to the merged formality, the deeds referred to in 1 of article 635 ;2° The acts referred to in 1°, 5°, 7° and 7° bis of 2 of article 635 and in article 636 and generally all d…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter III: Registration, land registration and stamps

Article 1635 bis P

…of a lawyer is compulsory before the Court of Appeal. The fee is paid electronically by the lawyer acting on behalf of his client. It is not payable by the party receiving legal aid. The proceeds of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Organisation

Article L2511-34

The allowances voted by the municipal councils of Marseille and Lyon for the actual performance of the duties of deputy mayor and member of special delegation acting as deputy mayor are at most equal…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Title I: Individuals

Article 1059

Publicity of applications, acts and judgments is effected by an entry in the margin of the birth record of the person concerned. This entry is made at the behest of the clerk of the judicial court or,…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: Provisions relating to measures ordered by the judge

Article 1251-1

…wyers, notaries and bailiffs who can justify the usefulness of the declaration in the context of an act relating to the exercise of their duties.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Apprenticeship supervisor.

Article L6223-5

The person directly responsible for training the apprentice and acting as tutor is called the apprenticeship master. The apprenticeship master's role is to contribute to the apprentice's acquisition i…

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