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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Operation of the company.

Article R743-125

…s or corporate units is obtained under the conditions provided for by articles L. 223-14 and L. 228-24 and by the Article 10 of Law no. 90-1258 of 31 December 1990.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Other pharmacists practising in a pharmacy for internal use

Article R5126-55

…ists who replace them in the internal use pharmacies set up in prisons by virtue of article R. 5126-24 must, in addition, meet the conditions of practice set out in article R. 5126-47.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Master and feeder undertakings for collective investment in transferable securities

Article R214-31

…S in another UCITS governed by French or foreign law may not exceed the limit set in article R. 214-24 unless it has been authorised by the Autorité des marchés financiers to be constituted as a feede…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Sustainable development plan

Article R4424-6-1

…e with Articles R. 414-3 to R. 414-7 of the Environment Code as well as the article 2 of decree no. 2001-1031 of 8 November 2001 relating to the procedure for designating Natura 2000 sites ;4°Explains…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R5313-3-1

…e conclusions of a report drawn up as part of an inspection referred to in Article 111 of Directive 2001/83/EC on the Community code relating to medicinal products for human use, in order to monitor c…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Intervention by the administrative authority concerning undertakings subject to the obligation to draw up an employment safeguard plan.

Article L1233-57-3

…n the event of an agreement not covering all of the points mentioned in 1° to 5° of article L. 1233-24-2, the administrative authority shall approve the document drawn up by the employer mentioned in…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Rescript

Article R217-6

The sector referred to in III of article L. 217-24 is the sector of retail trade in household appliances in specialised shops listed under codes 47.54 and 47-54 Z of division 47 of section G of the no…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7: Unused medicinal products for human use.

Article R4211-28

…anaged by producers or their eco-organisation as part of the system provided for in article R. 4211-24 is deducted from the quantity for which they pay a contribution in application of 1° of article L…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Allocation of working hours

Article L3123-31

In the absence of an agreement as provided for in article L. 3123-24, any change in the distribution of working hours between the days of the week or the weeks of the month is notified to the employee…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Shareholding and control.

Article D214-32-6

The notification provided for in Article L. 214-24-22 shall be made as soon as possible and no later than ten business days from the date on which the AIF reaches or crosses, upwards or downwards, one…

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