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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Employment of foreign nationals not authorised to work.

Article L8271-17

In addition to the labour inspectors referred to in article L. 8112-1, officers and agents of the criminal investigation department, officers of the customs department and officers of the Conseil nati…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Candidacy requirements

Article R1441-17

Pursuant to article L. 1422-2, employees and employers working on the site of an aerodrome within the jurisdiction of an industrial tribunal are candidates for this tribunal.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: End of mandate

Article D1442-17

A councillor who relinquishes his office sends his resignation to the president of the industrial tribunal and informs the public prosecutor at the court of appeal by registered letter with acknowledg…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Data processing

Article R2122-17

The service providers mentioned in 1° of article R. 2122-14 process all the data with a view to drawing up the electoral roll, in accordance with articles R. 2122-12 to R. 2122-16 . It forwards the fi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Apprenticeship programme authorisation procedure

Article R1161-17

I. - The Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé (French National Agency for the Safety of Medicines and Health Products) decides on the application…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Determination of the debtor's assets.

Article R624-17

For the application of the second paragraph of article L. 622-20, the mandataire judiciaire shall give formal notice to the defaulting member or shareholder by registered letter with acknowledgement o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: The company during the observation period.

Article R622-17

The declaration to the tax authorities made pursuant to article L. 622-19 is incumbent on the debtor.

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE VI: General procedural provisions.

Article R662-17

The official receiver shall rule on the application by which the judicial administrator, the judicial representative or the liquidator requests the authorisation provided for in Article L. 663-1-1 aft…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Right to training

Article R2123-17

Any refusal by the employer must be justified and notified to the person concerned.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Taxes, fees or payments not provided for in the General Tax Code

Article R2333-17

The mayor, the president of the public establishment for inter-communal cooperation, sworn municipal or inter-communal civil servants and all law enforcement officers are qualified to record by offici…

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