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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Organisation and operation

Article R3262-40

…des representatives of employers' and employees' organisations, restaurant owners' and fruit and vegetable retailers' unions, and companies whose main activity is issuing meal vouchers.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Links with companies.

Article R1418-40

The provisions of article R. 4113-110 are applicable, when they are not members of the health professions, to the members of the boards and commissions sitting within the Agency as well as to persons…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Organisation of work

Article D1432-40

…people with disabilities and loss of autonomy;5° To formulate any proposals on the conditions of access to medico-social services for people with disabilities and loss of autonomy, on the quality of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Territorial health councils .

Article R1434-40

The opinions and proposals of the territorial councils are forwarded to the Regional Conference on Health and Autonomy and its specialised commission on users' rights. They are made public. The Direct…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3 : Conditions for accreditation of practitioners performing pre-implantation diagnosis

Article R2131-40

…and the renewal, suspension and withdrawal of this accreditation are published in the Official Bulletin of the Ministry of Health. The Agence de la biomédecine updates the list of approved practition…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R2142-40

The purpose of vigilance in medically assisted procreation is to : 1° Systematically monitor all incidents and undesirable effects; 2° Report serious incidents and unexpected undesirable effects to th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Procedure before the liberty and custody judge

Article R3211-40

Under the written procedure without a hearing provided for in III of article L. 3211-12-2, the court registry shall notify the parties of the order without delay and by any means that can be used to e…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Supervision and inspection.

Article R811-40

A magistrate appointed by the Keeper of the Seals, Minister of Justice, from among the magistrates of the public prosecutor's offices is responsible, for the jurisdiction of one or more courts of appe…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions common to all companies

Article R822-40

The company is incorporated subject to the condition precedent that it is entered on the list drawn up by the High Council.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article A123-40

Each annex file opened in the name of a natural or legal person includes a copy of the deeds and documents filed pursuant to articles R. 123-82, R. 123-102 and R. 123-121-1 to R. 123-121-4.

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