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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Reporting nosocomial infections and collecting information about them

Article R6111-17

…t is indicated in the report on activities to combat nosocomial infections mentioned in article R. 6111-8.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions relating to safeguard procedures, receivership, compulsory liquidation and conciliation procedures applicable to credit institutions, finance companies, electronic money institutions, payment institutions and investment firms.

Article R613-21

…icial Bulletin. This date initiates the time limit set out in the third paragraph of Article L. 613-30. At the same time, the creditors' representative or the court-appointed liquidator shall inform e…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Reimbursement of unemployment benefit

Article R1235-17

In the event of an appeal to the Court of Cassation against a decision which has found an employer guilty of dismissal without real and serious cause pursuant to the provisions of article L. 1235-3, t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IIIb: Medical regulation assistants

Article L4393-21

The competent authority may, after obtaining the opinion of a commission composed in particular of professionals, individually authorise to practise the profession of medical regulation assistant nati…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Presumption of absence

Article 116

…e division, even if partial, in the presence of the substitute appointed in accordance with Article 115. In all cases, the liquidation statement is subject to approval by the guardianship judge. Divis…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Approval

Article L511-17

…l withdrawal of authorisation from a branch of a credit institution referred to in I of Article L. 511-10, this decision entails the liquidation of the balance sheet and off-balance sheet items of the…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Infringements relating to other documents

Article 1729 B

…od a document that must be submitted to the tax authorities, other than those mentioned in articles 1728 and 1729, will result in a fine of €150.The fine is increased to €1,500 in the case of the decl…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section III: Other proceedings falling within the jurisdiction of the family affairs judge

Article 1137

The judge is seised by a summons to a hearing date communicated to the applicant in accordance with the procedures defined by article 751. In a duly justified case of urgency, the family court, on rec…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VII: Provisions adapting Book VII.

Article R917-21

…R. 713-13 : a) The first paragraph reads as follows: "The commission provided for in Article L. 713-17, known as the election organisation commission, competent to organise, in the constituency of the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Composition and management of the plan.

Article R3332-21-5

…esting to compliance with the conditions applicable to them pursuant to I and II of Article L. 3332-17-1 and Articles R. 3332-21-1 and R. 3332-21-2.

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