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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 5: Reimbursement of costs and expenses

Article A444-49

…el expenses mentioned in a of 3° of I of article Annexe 4-8 are reimbursed at a flat rate: 1° Equal to the price of the outward and return ticket for the distance travelled, if the journey is made by…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Powers

Article L621-20-4

…eports of an investigation or any other document from criminal proceedings that is directly related to facts that may be submitted to the AMF Enforcement Committee for review may be disclosed by the p…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Powers

Article L621-18-4

In the report referred to in the second sentence of the first paragraph of Article L. 621-18-3, the AMF shall report on the application of Articles L. 544-3 to L. 544-6 and may approve any recommendat…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Powers

Article R621-43-1

…the date of the transaction concerned;4° Any legal person or entity, other than the person referred to in the first paragraph of Article L. 621-18-2, formed under French or foreign law, and :a) Is man…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Powers

Article R621-37-4

If the agreement reached is validated by the Board, it is forwarded for approval to the Chairman of the Enforcement Committee, who refers it to one of its sections for approval under the conditions la…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: The National Institute of Industrial Property

Article R411-4

The Board of Directors defines the institution's general policy within the framework of the guidelines laid down by the supervisory ministers. In particular, it has the following powers: 1° It approve…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Industrial preparation and wholesale.

Article L5142-4

The establishments mentioned in Article L. 5142-1 are not authorised to supply the public with the veterinary medicinal products defined in Article L. 5141-2.However, these establishments may sell vet…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Exemption authorisation for young people undergoing vocational training

Article R4153-45

The employer or the head of the establishment declaring the derogation shall make available to the Labour Inspectorate monitoring officer, from the time each young person is assigned to the work in qu…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Exceptional situations involving work performed in a hyperbaric environment

Article R4461-49

In the event of an unforeseen event requiring a one-off modification to the work organisation initially defined, the employer may ask the worker to deviate from the maximum pressures authorised by his…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Biomedical and public health research committee

Article R6142-45

…ty hospital centre(s); 3° The president(s) of the university(ies); 4° For each university, the director of the medical training and research unit or, if there is more than one medical training and res…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
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