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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 8: Restructuring of professional branches

Article L2261-34

Until such time as the representativeness of the professional employers' organisations is measured following the merger of areas covered by collective bargaining agreements pronounced in application o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 8: Restructuring of professional branches

Article L2261-32

I.-The Minister responsible for Labour may, in view of the general interest in restructuring professional branches, initiate a procedure to merge the scope of application of the collective agreements…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 4: Professional Equality Commission

Article L2315-56

…eement as provided for in article L. 2315-45, in companies with at least three hundred employees, a professional equality commission is set up within the social and economic committee.This committee i…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Rules governing professional practice

Article L4134-1

Medical prescriptions for corrective lenses indicate the patient's pupillary distance.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Practice as a company

Article R422-24

Amendments to the Articles of Association, and in particular the extension of the company's term, are decided by a majority of three quarters of the votes of all the members. However, an increase in t…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Practice as a company

Article R422-29

…transferring his shares at the price thus fixed, this refusal shall be overridden two months after notice has been given to him by the company and has remained unsuccessful, either by registered lett…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Practice as a company

Article R422-12

…d on the national list of industrial property attorneys provided for in Article L. 422-1 may form a professional non-trading company between themselves for the joint practice of the profession of indu…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Practice as a company

Article R422-17

…successor to his clientele; 2° All documents and archives, and, in general, all movable objects for professional use; 3° Immovable property or premises useful for the practice of the profession; 4° Al…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Practice as a company

Article R422-21

Decisions that exceed the powers of the managing partners are taken by the members at a general meeting. The general meeting is convened at least once a year. It is also convened at the request of at…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Practice as a company

Article R422-30

…article 24 of the law of 29 November 1966 is refused, and if the heirs of the deceased member have not sold their author's shares by the end of the period allotted to them, the company has one year t…

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