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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Organisation of work

Article D1411-45

The Conference may be asked to appoint representatives to sit on other external bodies, committees or working groups. This appointment is made by a call for applications sent to all its members. Membe…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Common provisions.

Article R642-41

Where, pursuant to article L. 642-24, there are grounds for the official receiver to authorise the liquidator to compromise or settle, the court clerk shall summon the debtor to the hearing fifteen da…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Allocation of the special profit-sharing reserve.

Article R3324-16

With the exception of articles R. 3322-1, D. 3323-8 to R. 3323-11, D. 3324-1 to D. 3324-10 and D. 3325-1 to R. 3326-1, the provisions of this Title are applicable to the supplement to the special prof…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Group retirement savings plan

Article R3334-1

The provisions relating to payments, the composition and management of the company savings plan and the valuation of securities set out in articles R. 3332-9 to R. 3332-23 as well as those relating to…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Intervention procedures and methods, emergency procedures and hyperbaric safety manual

Article R4461-9

The employer shall give a copy of the hyperbaric safety manual to the hyperbaric prevention advisor, who shall ensure that the manual is available on the site where the work is carried out. The employ…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Professional acts.

Article R4341-1

Speech therapy consists of 1° Preventing, assessing and treating, as early as possible, by means of re-education activities constituting treatment, voice, articulation and speech disorders, as well as…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Quality of vocational training courses

Article R6316-8

The certification requirement provided for in Article L. 6316-1 is assessed, depending on the case, either on the date of conclusion of the agreement with the funder mentioned in the same article, or…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Tasks and activities

Article R5126-20

An in-house pharmacy may have legal entities mentioned in article L. 4211-5 provide the following services under the conditions laid down in that article: 1° The supply of gases for medical use to pat…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VII: The business project support contract for the creation or takeover of an economic activity.

Article L127-1

Business project support for the creation or takeover of an economic activity is defined by a contract by which a legal entity undertakes to provide, using the means at its disposal, specific and ongo…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 9: Procedure.

Article L145-58

The owner may, until the expiry of a period of fifteen days from the date on which the decision has become final, avoid payment of the compensation, on condition that he bears the costs of the proceed…

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