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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Links of interest and transparency

Article L1451-4

I.-Each competent authority shall ensure that the persons reporting to it and mentioned in Articles L. 1451-1 and L. 1452-3 comply with the obligations to declare links of interest and to prevent conf…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: The Autorité des marchés financiers

Article L785-6

…2017-1837 of 30 December 2017 II.-For the application of the articles mentioned in the table above: 1° The references to the units mentioned in Article L. 229-7 of the Environment Code are deleted; 2°…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Holders of the state diploma

Article D4322-4

…lasts three years, i.e. six semesters of twenty weeks each. The teaching is broken down as follows 1° Theoretical and practical training of 2,028 hours, in the form of lectures (985 hours) and superv…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 2: House arrest with electronic surveillance

Article D32-25-1

When the person referred to the trial court is sentenced to a fixed term of imprisonment with a deferred committal order issued with provisional execution, the obligations of electronically monitored…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Other conditions of access and practice

Article R519-8

I.-The banking and payment services intermediaries referred to in 1° of the I of article R. 519-4 and their agents referred to in 4° of the same I, where the latter do not carry out intermediation act…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VI: Protection of sole traders

Article A526-2

The model agreements of the spouse or co-owner, given, pursuant to Article L. 526-11, to the allocation by a sole trader with limited liability of a common or undivided asset to his business activity,…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Handling of employers' claims and payment of beneficiaries

Article R6332-23

…ate a dematerialised service which publishes the following in a dedicated and identifiable section: 1° The list of priorities, criteria and conditions for covering the costs of requests submitted by e…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Eligible training courses and use of the account

Article L6323-17-4

…roject cannot be deducted from the annual paid leave. This project is treated as a period of work : 1° For the determination of the rights of the persons concerned with regard to annual paid leave ; 2…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Missions and activities

Article R5126-69

…oses of medical fitness, prevention and emergency care for their staff, the structures mentioned in 1°, 2° and 3° of article R. 5126-68 supply, under the responsibility of a pharmacist from the in-hou…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Information on the payer and beneficiary accompanying transfers of funds

Article L722-3

For the purposes of this section, the following definitions shall apply 1° "Instructing party" means either the person who holds an account with the payment service providers defined in point 3 and wh…

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