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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 8: Freedom to provide services within the territory of Member States of the European Union or parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article L420-18

The operator of a trading platform shall notify the AMF of the list of Member States of the European Union or parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area in which it intends to provide mean…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Composition

Article L2314-2

Subject to the provisions applicable in companies with less than three hundred employees, as set out in Article L. 2143-22, each trade union organisation that is representative in the company or estab…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Local consultation

Article L3132-27-2

Within the perimeter of each territorial coherence plan, the State representative in the region convenes an annual meeting of mayors, chairmen of public establishments for inter-communal cooperation w…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Capital increases

Article R22-10-33

The additional publication in a notice published in the Bulletin des annonces légales obligatoires of the notice informing shareholders of an issue of new shares or of securities giving access to the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Etablissement public de santé national de Fresnes.

Article R6147-78

The members representing the staff are appointed for a period of three years, from among the permanent staff, by the most representative trade union organisations in proportion to the average number o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Commencement of employment, management, remuneration and benefits

Article R6153-24

Students in the third cycle of medical, odontology and pharmacy studies have the right to organise. They may set up trade union organisations, join them and hold office. They may not suffer any prejud…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: Institution of proceedings by writ of summons

Article 754

The court is seised, at the request of either party, by delivering a copy of the summons to the registry. Provided that the date of the hearing is notified more than fifteen days in advance, the summo…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection 2: Conciliation led by the judge

Article 825

When the judge makes the preliminary conciliation attempt himself, the court registry notifies the claimant by any means of the place, day and time at which the conciliation hearing will take place. T…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Verification of claims.

Article L625-6

Statements of claims arising from an employment contract, approved by the official receiver, as well as decisions rendered by the industrial tribunal, are entered on the statement of claims filed at t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Provisions applicable to overseas departments and regions.

Article L732-3

The mixed commercial courts are courts of first instance composed of the president of the judicial court, president, elected judges, subject to the provisions of Article L. 732-7, and a court clerk. J…

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