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French Civil CodeIn force
Sub-section 1: Method of registration of mortgages

Article 2434

…creditors shall be brought before the competent court, by writ served on them personally, or at the last of the domiciles elected by them on the registration slips, and this, notwithstanding the death…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Transfer of the registered office.

Article R229-6

…ion, as provided for in the third paragraph of article L. 229-2, are lodged within one month of the last date of publication prescribed by article R. 229-5. The company shall be notified of any such c…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Territorial Conference on Health and Autonomy

Article D1441-10

…re deleted; 2° In the third paragraph, the words: and each of its formations are deleted; 3° In the last paragraph, the words: within these formations are deleted.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Mayotte Regional Health Agency

Article D1446-15

…ith the specialised commissions" are replaced by the words: "the conference is responsible"; 2° The last two paragraphs are deleted.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Conditions of practice

Article R743-141

When the court clerk performs the operations provided for in the last paragraph of Article L. 143-11-7 of the French Labour Code, he shall receive the remuneration set for them by the tariff for judic…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Overall operating grant

Article R3334-0

…icle L. 3334-6for the metropolis of Lyon and the department of Rhône is increased or reduced by the last known amount, received or paid, of the metropolitan compensation allowance defined in article L…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Rules applicable to authorised establishments

Article R4211-64

The provisions of articles R. 5124-3-1, with the exception of the last paragraph, R. 5124-4, R. 5124-48, R. 5124-57-1 to R. 5124-57-6 and R. 5124-60 are applicable to health establishments authorised…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Organisation.

Article D4626-5

…roportion to the physical headcount of all the staff employed by each of them at 31 December of the last calendar year.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Dissolution and liquidation of the company

Article R5125-24-14

…de pharmaciens d'officine in the société(s) d'exercice libéral, under the conditions set out in the last two paragraphs of article R. 5125-21.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L310-5

For the transactions referred to in 1° and the last paragraph of article L. 310-1, the State in which the policyholder has his principal residence or, if the policyholder is a legal entity, the State…

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