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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Cross-border mergers

Article R236-30

I.-The audit provided for in Article L. 236-42 shall be carried out within three months of receipt of the copy of the minutes of the meeting referred to in Article L. 236-9 or, in the absence of a mee…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions (R).

Article R2334-30

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Budgets and accounts

Article D4425-30

The summary data on the financial situation of the Corsican local authority, provided for in 1° of Article L. 4425-18, include the following ratios: 1° Real operating expenditure / population; > 2° Ac…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Pre-resumption visit

Article R4624-30

During the pre-reinstatement examination, the occupational physician may recommend: 1° Adaptations and adjustments to the workstation; 2° Recommendations for redeployment; 3° Vocational training to be…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Application for authorisation.

Article R5121-30

For the application of 1° of Article R. 5121-26, where reference is made to published scientific literature, experts must justify the use of this bibliographical documentation and demonstrate that it…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Specific provisions applicable to clinical investigations of devices referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017

Article L1125-30

Subject to the provisions of articles L. 1123-15 to L. 1123-20, the provisions of this chapter apply to clinical investigations which are classified as national defence secrets within the meaning of a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Criminal provisions.

Article L7123-30

…e a financial guarantee resulting from a guarantee given in breach of the provisions of article L. 7123-20 is liable to six months' imprisonment and a fine of 75,000 euros.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Opening and content of the pharmaceutical record

Article R1111-20-1

I.-Prior to the opening of the pharmaceutical file provided for in Article L. 1111-23, the Conseil national de l'ordre des pharmaciens shall individually inform the beneficiary of the health insurance…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Registrations and amending registrations carried out ex officio

Article R123-309

…ests from the keeper of the National Business Register, via the single body mentioned in article R. 123-1, for the entry in the file of the company concerned, for each activity falling within the trad…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: The Board of Directors

Article L1424-30

…ssary steps to this end. He may be delegated to take the decisions referred to in III of article L. 1618-2. He informs the Board of Directors of the acts taken in the context of this delegation. It ma…

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