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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Criminal settlements

Article R8114-6

…ested party has accepted, the Regional Director for Business, Competition, Consumer Affairs, Labour and Employment forwards the settlement file to the Public Prosecutor for approval. As soon as the pu…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Board of Directors.

Article D6162-6

…ened, the deliberations taken after the second convening, which must take place at least three days and at most eight days apart, are valid regardless of the number of members present. Voting shall be…

AI translation · Updated 30 Oct 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The application for a business licence.

Article R752-6

I.-The application shall be accompanied by a file containing the information listed below and, in an appendix, the impact analysis defined in III of Article L. 752-6.1° Information relating to the pro…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Administrative police powers of the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (French National Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health Safety)

Article L5145-5

…tural or legal persons producing or marketing veterinary medicinal products mentioned in article L. 5141-2 or providing services associated with these veterinary medicinal products, financial penaltie…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Professional recovery

Article R645-5

I.-The court clerk shall attach to the copy of the judgment referred to in Article R. 645-4 a document reproducing the terms of II of this article, as well as: 1° Those of articles L. 645-4, L. 812-2,…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter V: Special provisions relating to certain uses of orphan works

Article L135-6

…older of rights in an orphan work justifies his rights to an organisation mentioned in article L. 135-3, the latter may only continue to use the work with the authorisation of the rightholder. The org…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: Role of sports federations

Article L231-6

…g the medical surveillance to which their licence holders registered on the list of elite sportsmen and women mentioned in the first paragraph of article L. 221-2 are subject. An order from the Minist…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Civil actions

Article L615-6

…produce a search report drawn up under the same conditions as the report provided for in article L. 612-14.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Usury rates

Article L314-6

…an one third, the average effective rate charged during the previous quarter by credit institutions and finance companies for transactions of the same nature involving similar risks, as defined by the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Organisation of the Order.

Article L4232-6

The regional council is composed of :1° A professor or senior lecturer of pharmacy training and research units, pharmacists, representing each pharmacy training and research unit in the region, appoin…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
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