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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Operators of voluntary sales of furniture by public auction

Article L321-6

The operators referred to in Article L. 321-4 must provide evidence of: 1° The existence in a credit institution of an account intended exclusively to receive funds held on behalf of others; 2° Insura…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 4: Recipients of data

Article R142-18

By way of derogation from article R. 142-16, for the exclusive purposes of carrying out their duties, staff responsible for searching for and checking the identity of persons, verifying the validity a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Continuing training

Article D1442-1

…anisations that have obtained, at national level, one hundred and fifty seats in the most recent industrial tribunal nominations, spread over at least forty départements ;b) Dedicate themselves exclus…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions of access and practice

Article R519-15-2

…referred to in Article L. 511-6 that appoint a banking and payment services intermediary on an exclusive basis shall monitor the intermediary's activities to ensure that he complies with the requirem…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Withdrawal of a partner.

Article R6223-41

A member who has contributed his industry exclusively shall notify the company of his decision to withdraw in the manner provided for in the first paragraph of article R. 6223-26. His withdrawal takes…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter II: Prerogatives and means of intervention

Article L412-1

…lm screenings are open to the public. They may also access premises and facilities for professional use used by persons subject to the obligations arising from this code, with the exception of homes a…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE VIII: Provisions specific to sole traders with limited liability.

Article L680-5

Where the provisions of Titles I to VI of this Book are applied in respect of a business carried on without the allocation of assets and liabilities, the assets and liabilities which, where applicable…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 1: Foreign nationals volunteering in France

Article R426-9

…at promoting the autonomy and protection of individuals, strengthening social cohesion, preventing exclusion or, where applicable, correcting its effects, or carrying out solidarity actions in favour…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter VI: Criminal records

Article R302

…etin no. 1 for a natural person, the clerk of the court of first instance shall check the civil status of the person concerned; if the result of the examination of the civil status registers is negati…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Sub-section 6: Conditions for informing relatives

Article R1131-20-4

…escribing doctor will only transmit information relating to the genetic anomaly in question, to the exclusion of any other information covered by medical confidentiality, and in particular the identit…

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