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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Section 2: Sale of seized assets

Article L221-3

The forced sale of the assets takes place by public auction after a period of one month from the date of the seizure, during which the debtor may proceed to an amicable sale under the conditions provi…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Provisions applicable to satellite broadcasting, communication on an ancillary online service and simultaneous, unabridged and unchanged retransmission

Article L217-3

Mediators shall be established in order to promote, without prejudice to the right of the parties to refer the matter to the court, the resolution of disputes relating to the granting of authorisation…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Procedures for implementing genetic characteristic tests and identifications by genetic fingerprinting and informing next of kin

Article L1131-3

Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Article L. 1131-2-1, only practitioners approved for this purpose by the Biomedicine Agency referred to in Article L. 1418-1 under conditions laid do…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Compulsory sickness, invalidity and maternity insurance scheme for farmers and their self-employed family members (AMEXA).

Article L442-3

In accordance with Articles L. 731-30 and L. 731-32 of the French Rural and Maritime Fishing Code, persons subject to the compulsory sickness, invalidity and maternity insurance scheme for farmers and…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Compensation procedures.

Article R211-33

When the victim, the heirs or the spouse provides only part of the information requested by the insurer in its correspondence and the reply does not allow, due to the lack of sufficient information, t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article R225-33

The Board of Directors freely distributes among its members, where applicable under the conditions provided for in Article L. 22-10-8, the overall sums allocated to the directors in the form of attend…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Formal notices from the Departmental Director of Labour, Employment and Vocational Training.

Article L4721-3

The provisions of 2° of Article L. 4721-1 do not apply to the establishments mentioned in 2° and 3° of Article L. 4111-1.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Recruitment by the user company at the end of an assignment.

Article L1251-38

When the user company hires, after an assignment, an employee made available to it by a temporary employment agency, the length of the assignments completed with this agency during the three months pr…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Obligation to declare

Article R5125-38

The pharmacist in charge referred to in articles L. 5124-2, L. 5124-7 and L. 5124-15 is required to declare each year, except in the case of pharmacists covered by the provisions of article L. 4138-2…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Chapter II: Inter-municipal cooperation

Article L5832-3

I. - The articles L. 5211-42 to L. 5211-45 are applicable to Mayotte subject to the adaptations provided for in II and III.II. - For the application of I of article L. 5211-43 :1° In 1°, "40%" is repl…

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