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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Provisions specific to various commercial companies.

Article L229-2

…stered office to another Member State of the European Community. It shall draw up a transfer proposal. This draft is filed with the registry of the court in whose jurisdiction the company is registere…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter V: Life mortgage and transfer advance loan

Article L315-2

…t institution, a financial institution or a third-party financing company mentioned in 8 of Article L. 511-6 of the Monetary and Financial Code may finance renovation work by means of an advance trans…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE VI: POWERS OF THE ASSEMBLY OF FRENCH GUYANA

Article L7161-2

…entation of the policy for the development of the Guianese forest.By way of derogation from Article L. 3211-5 of the French General Code on the Ownership of Public Property, these agreements set out t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE IV: LEGAL REGIME FOR ACTS TAKEN BY THE AUTHORITIES OF THE COLLECTIVITY AND RELATIONS BETWEEN THE STATE AND THE COLLECTIVITY

Article LO6341-2

Sont soumis à l'article

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE V: LEGAL REGIME FOR ACTS TAKEN BY THE AUTHORITIES OF THE LOCAL AUTHORITY AND RELATIONS BETWEEN THE STATE AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITY

Article LO6451-2

…es on behalf of the local authority; 8° Building permits and other individual land use authorisations.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter III: Mortgages

Article L313-29

…ty of any kind. This request must be made within one month of notification of the refusal of approval.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Special provisions relating to the exploitation of certain unavailable works

Article L138-2

I.-When a collective management organisation governed by Title II of Book III of this Part and approved for this purpose by the Minister for Culture concludes, in accordance with the mandates given by…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 3: Commercial guarantee

Article L217-23

…ourable conditions than those described in the first paragraph. The requirements set out in Article L. 217-22 are applicable to the commercial guarantee of durability.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Trial period.

Article L1221-24

…onary period by more than half, unless a collective agreement provides for more favourable provisions. If the trainee is hired for a job that corresponds to the activities he was assigned, the duratio…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VI: Protection of sole traders

Article L526-23

The derogation provided for in the fourth paragraph of Article L. 526-22 only applies to claims arising from the date of registration in the register to which the sole trader is subject for his busine…

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