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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Effects of accelerated safeguard measures

Article R628-10

In the judgment initiating the proceedings, the court sets the date of the hearing at the end of which a decision will be made on the draft plan. Within eight days, the court clerk notifies the public…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: General provisions (R).

Article R1614-44

Each year, following the opinion of the college of elected representatives of the conciliation commission set up by article L. 132-14, the prefect draws up the list of municipalities, public establish…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Freedom of establishment

Article D532-23-1

Credit institutions wishing to establish a branch in application of I ofArticle L. 532-23 are subject to the procedure provided for in I ofArticle L. 511-27, subject to the observations and opinions o…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Operation

Article R612-9

I. - The notification of an individual decision to a person under the jurisdiction of the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution in accordance withArticle L. 612-2 of the Monetary and Financ…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Exemptions

Article D4154-4

The Regional Director for Business, Competition, Consumer Affairs, Labour and Employment, on receipt of an application for authorisation, will take a decision within one month of the date of presentat…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Agreements between regional health agencies and complementary health insurance organisations

Article R1434-28

The commitments of one or more supplementary health insurance organisations defined as part of the regional multi-annual plan for risk management and efficiency in the healthcare system, as well as co…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Import and export of embryonic stem cells for research purposes.

Article R2151-15

The Director General of the Agence de la biomédecine shall authorise the import and export of embryonic stem cells for research purposes, after obtaining the opinion of the Steering Committee. This au…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Authorisation procedure.

Article R2324-13

On receipt of the information referred to in the second paragraph of article R. 2324-12, the prefect of the département in which the organiser of the family holiday stay is domiciled or has its regist…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Actions against the Office.

Article R3122-11

The request is made by written declaration delivered in duplicate against a receipt to the registry of the Court of Appeal or sent to the same registry by registered letter with acknowledgement of rec…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Actions against the Office.

Article R3122-8

The time limit for bringing an action against the Office before the Paris Court of Appeal is two months. This period runs from the date of notification by registered letter with acknowledgement of rec…

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