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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Criminal provisions.

Article L2263-1

When, in application of an express legislative provision in a given matter, an agreement or an extended collective labour agreement derogates from legal provisions, infringements of the derogatory sti…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Military personnel serving with foreign armies

Article L4061-6

Military health professionals attached to a foreign army who do not meet the conditions for practising in France as determined by this Part may only perform on French territory the acts of their profe…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Military personnel serving with foreign armies

Article L4061-7

Military health professionals belonging to a foreign army who, although they do not meet the conditions for practising in France as set out in this part, hold a speciality diploma allowing them to pra…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Property damage

Article R126-2

I.- Property insurance contracts covering damage to the bodies of rail, air, sea, lake and river vehicles and to goods transported are excluded from the scope of article L. 126-2 .However, the followi…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Single chapter.

Article R2691-1

For the application of articles L. 2691-1 and L. 2691-2, the proportion between, on the one hand, the unemployment rate for young people under 25 years of age recorded in one of the territories mentio…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Prevention of business difficulties, ad hoc mandates and conciliation procedures

Article L611-6

The president of the court is seised by a request from the debtor setting out his economic, financial, social and asset situation, his financing requirements and, where applicable, the means of meetin…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Sole traders with limited liability

Article L526-19

Subject to the provisions of Article L. 123-54, the tariff of formalities for filing and transferring the declarations and recording the particulars referred to in this section and for filing and tran…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Prevention of business difficulties, ad hoc mandates and conciliation procedures

Article L611-3

The president of the court may, at the request of a debtor, appoint a mandataire ad hoc whose mission he determines. The debtor may propose the name of a mandataire ad hoc. The decision appointing the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Prevention of business difficulties, ad hoc mandates and conciliation procedures

Article L611-7

The task of the conciliator is to encourage the debtor and its main creditors and, where applicable, its usual co-contractors to reach an amicable agreement aimed at putting an end to the company's di…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Sole traders with limited liability

Article L526-8-1

Subsequent to the creation of the assigned assets, the entry or withdrawal in the accounts of an asset, right, obligation or security entails assignment to the professional activity or withdrawal from…

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