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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Special provisions for the different types of guarantee

Article R1251-18

The guarantee undertaking provided for in article R. 1251-11 may only be given by an approved collective guarantee body, an insurance company, a bank or a financial institution authorised to give guar…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Conditions for authorising laboratories

Article R1131-18

…on referred to in Article R. 1131-13 is required to declare to the competent regional health agency and to the Agence de la biomédecine, the names of the approved practitioners prior to implementation…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Tasks

Article R4641-18

…fect, the Regional Orientation Committee for Working Conditions: 1° Participates in the preparation and updating of regional diagnoses relating to working conditions and the prevention of occupational…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Contracts relating to liquefied petroleum gas

Article L224-18

…his signature. These contracts must specify at least the following information in a clear, detailed and easily accessible form: 1° The identity of the trader, his postal and electronic addresses, his…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Subsection 4: Seizure of fruits

Article R321-18

The pursuing creditor may, by bailiff's deed, oppose the tenant's payment of rent and lease payments to the debtor and require him to pay them into the hands of a receiver appointed by the creditor or…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: International applications

Article L614-18

…al de la propriété industrielle then acts as a receiving office within the meaning of Articles 2-XV and 10 of the Washington Treaty.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Issue and maintenance of plant variety certificates

Article R623-18

…or which a plant variety certificate is applied for are brought directly before the judicial courts and, in the overseas territories, the courts of first instance. They are entered in the register.

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Rules specific to contracts with a particular purpose

Article D224-18

…s electronic communications operators, within the meaning of 6° of article L. 32 of the French Post and Electronic Communications Code, operating one or more value-added numbers, to be informed daily,…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Provisions specific to contracts with a particular purpose

Article R242-18

The fact that a professional collects, before expiry of the waiver period provided for in article L. 224-91, a payment or deposit in any form whatsoever is punishable by the fine laid down for 5th cla…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 7: Breastfeeding facilities

Article R4152-18

The breastfeeding room has no direct communication with toilets, sewers or cesspools. It must be kept free from any noxious fumes.

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
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