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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Professional non-trading companies

Article R422-23

Subject to the provisions of section 19 of the law of 29 November 1966 and those of this sub-section imposing special majority conditions, decisions are taken by a majority of the votes held by the me…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Competent authority

Article R521-1

Without prejudice to the second paragraph of article 11-1 of decree no. 2004-374 of 29 April 2004 on the powers of the prefects and the organisation and action of the State services in the regions and…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Public declaration of interests

Article R1451-1

I.-In application of I of article L. 1451-1, the following persons shall submit the declaration of interests provided for in the provisions of this article to the minister, the chairman of the authori…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Procedure

Article R521-7

When the asylum application is submitted by a foreign national who does not already hold a residence permit and is at least 14 years old, his/her fingerprints will be taken in full, in accordance with…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Criminal provisions

Article R3124-11

Failure to comply with the provisions relating to maximum weekly working hours set out in articles L. 3121-20 to L. 3121-26 is punishable by a fourth-class fine. As many fines are imposed for each inf…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Criminal provisions

Article R6227-3

Employing an apprentice under the age of eighteen to work at night, in breach of the provisions of article L. 6222-26, is punishable by a fifth-class fine. Repeated offences are punishable in accordan…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Fees charged by commercial court registrars.

Article R743-145

No remuneration is payable:1° For handwritten entries made for internal information purposes at the registry, on deeds or documents kept at the registry or drawn up by it or on documents produced;2° F…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Demolition, removal or encapsulation plan

Article R4412-138

I.-The employer shall immediately inform the inspection and prevention services and its certifying body or bodies of any changes in the content of a demolition, removal or encapsulation plan transmitt…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Secondment.

Article R6152-51

Practitioners covered by these Staff Regulations may be seconded either at their own request or automatically.Secondment on request may only take place in one of the following cases:1° Secondment to a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 10: Termination of service

Article R6152-378

The reclassification offer mentioned in article R. 6152-377 and proposed to the practitioner shall be written and precise. The reclassification job is compatible with the practitioner's professional s…

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