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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Transactions carried out by supplementary occupational pension funds

Article L143-2-3

…the legislative or regulatory provisions applicable to this body or to its articles of association; 2° Ensures that in transactions involving the assets of the supplementary occupational pension fund…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10: Special provisions.

Article R5141-117-2

…psy examination carried out at his request, as well as an analysis of the epidemiological context ; 2° The prior performance of an additional examination to identify the bacterial strain responsible f…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Criminal provisions.

Article L5524-1

…Articles L. 5421-1 to L. 5421-3, L. 5421-6 and L. 5421-6-2, L. 5421-13, L. 5421-14 and L. 5421-15 ;2° Articles L. 5422-1, L. 5422-2 and L. 5422-9 ; 3° Articles L. 5424-5 to L. 5424-7, L. 5424-9, L. 5…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Subsidiaries, holdings and controlled companies.

Article D233-16-1

…ticle L. 233-28-2 is that set out in II of article D. 232-8-1. III. - The threshold provided for in 2° of III of Article L. 233-28-2 is that set out in III of Article D. 232-8-1. III.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Application for authorisation

Article A752-1

…e identity and full postal, telephone and electronic contact details of the applicant organisation; 2° The surnames, first names, dates and places of birth, diplomas or qualifications of all the perso…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Rights of authorised professionals

Article R1111-20-8

The pharmaceutical record is accessible to the healthcare professionals referred to in article L. 1111-23 by means of tools and information systems that comply with the interoperability and security s…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Search of the file and direct information to the Ministry of the Interior

Article R53-8-23

…s specially empowered judicial police officers, seized in the context of proceedings referred to in 2° of Article 706-53-7 or notified in accordance with Article R. 53-8-26, can query the file based o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Chairman of the hospital medical committee, vice-chairman of the hospital board

Article D6143-37-2

…in particular: 1° He/she contributes to the dissemination and evaluation of good medical practice; 2° It ensures that patient care is coordinated; 3° It contributes to the promotion of medical resear…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Professional secrecy, accounting and statutory auditing

Article L522-20

Where they carry out other activities in accordance with Article L. 522-3, payment institutions shall prepare separate accounting information relating to the payment services activities referred to in…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Scope of collective bargaining

Article L2241-5

…c) The subject mentioned in article L. 2241-2 when the conditions mentioned in this article are met;2° The content of each topic;3° The timetable and locations of the meetings;4° The information that…

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