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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Fees for procedures

Article A444-26

…to the collection of an additional session fee under the conditions provided for in article A. 444-18 : NUMBER OF THE SERVICE (table 3-1 of article appendix 4-7) NAME OF THE SERVICE PERFORMANCE PERIO…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Remuneration of the administrator, the administrator responsible for the implementation of the plan, the mandataire judiciaire and the liquidator

Article A663-29

…imposition of a sanction provided for in articles L. 653-3 to L. 653-6 and article L. 653-8 (number 18 in table 4-3). This fee is doubled if the sanction is upheld on appeal.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions relating to practice within internal-use pharmacies

Article R5126-4

…y completed training as a pharmacist in accordance with the requirements of Article 44 of Directive 2005/36/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 September 2005 on the recognition of p…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Local savings companies

Article L512-93

…ocal savings company wishing to liquidate all or part of his shares under the provisions of Article 18 of the aforementioned Act 47-1775 of 10 September 1947 may only sell them at their nominal value…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Youth employment contract

Article R5131-24

…muneration received as part of the voluntary military service referred to inarticle 32 of law no. 2018-607 of 13 July 2018 relating to military programming for the years 2019 to 2025 and containing va…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Mission to encourage the development of legal supply and to monitor the lawful and unlawful use of works and objects protected by copyright or neighbouring rights on electronic communications networks

Article L331-17

…by decree. It shall report on the development of the legal offer in the report mentioned in article 18 of law no. 86-1067 of 30 September 1986 on freedom of communication.It shall identify and study t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Bodies

Article L5215-16

…f Part Two relating to the conditions for exercising municipal mandates, excluding articles L. 2123-18-1, L. 2123-18-3 et L. 2123-22, are applicable to members of the community council subject to the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER VI : Conurbation community

Article L5216-4

…f Part Two relating to the conditions for exercising municipal mandates, excluding articles L. 2123-18-1, L. 2123-18-3 et L. 2123-22, are applicable to members of the community council subject to the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Accreditation of the quality of professional practice

Article D4135-2

…sive care ; 14° Medical intensive care ; 15° Stomatology ; 16° Otolaryngology ; 17° Ophthalmology ; 18° Cardiology ; 19° Radiology ; 20° Gastroenterology ; 21° Pneumology. For the specialties mentione…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope and definitions

Article R4462-1

…munitions and explosives;3° In pyrotechnic decontamination sites covered byarticle 1 of decree no. 2005-1325 of 26 October 2005 as amended relating to safety rules applicable to work carried out as p…

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