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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Information systems

Article R1413-58-1

…n of public interest in accordance with the provisions of e of 1. of Article 6 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of 27 April 2016 and for the reasons of public interest mentioned in i of 2 of Article 9 of t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Judicial acts

Article A743-9

…ts 2.24 € 7 Litigation relating to commercial registers 8.93 € 8 Diligences linked to the expertise 16.72 € 9 Summons or notice 1.13 € 10 Visa, mark and initial books 2.24 € 11 Certified copies outsid…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Professional acts.

Article R4311-5

…° Aspirating secretions from the person, whether or not they have been intubated or tracheostomised;16° Instrumental manual ventilation by mask;17° Use of a semi-automatic defibrillator and supervisio…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Professional acts.

Article R4311-7

…or drainage of the bladder, subject to the provisions of the third paragraph of article R. 4311-10 ;16° Intra-urethral instillation ;17° Vaginal injections;18° Placement of rectal probes, enemas, extr…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Intervention by the fund in the event of the withdrawal of an insurance undertaking's administrative authorisation

Article L421-9

…mployees or customers;d) Companies included in the scope of consolidation defined in article L. 233-16 of the French Commercial Code, to which the insurance company belongs, except in the case of cont…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 8: Relations with the statutory auditors

Article L612-44

…heir duties. It may ask them to provide the additional report provided for in III of article L. 823-16 of the French Commercial Code.The information thus transmitted is covered by the rule of professi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Police powers relating to specific objects

Article L2573-19

I.-The provisions of Chapter III of Title I of Book II of Part Two mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in French Polynesia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand colu…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Local semi-public companies

Article L1862-1

…2 of 18 December 2003 L. 1523-1 law no. 96-142 of 21 February 1996 L. 1523-4 law no. 2005-809 of 20 July 2005 L. 1523-5, with the exception of its seventh paragraph Order no. 2009-1530 of 10 December…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6a: Equity savings plan for financing small and medium-sized enterprises and mid-cap companies

Article L221-32-2

…orisations provided for in Directive 2009/65/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 on the coordination of laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to underta…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General rules governing the composition of assets

Article R214-12

…euros and which presents its annual accounts in accordance with Council Directive 78/660/EEC of 25 July 1978 on the annual accounts of certain types of companies, transposed by Articles L. 123-12 to…

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