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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Control of training expenditure and activities.

Article L6361-3

The administrative and financial control of expenditure and activities covers all the financial, technical and teaching resources, excluding teaching qualities, used for vocational training.This contr…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Manufacturing and wholesale distribution.

Article L5124-4

The pharmacist in charge and the delegated pharmacists must practise their profession personally.They must be assisted and, in the event of temporary absence or if they are banned from practising, the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7: Miscellaneous provisions

Article L5125-24

Pharmacists may not sell goods in their dispensaries other than those appearing on a list drawn up by the Minister for Health, on a proposal from the Conseil national de l'ordre des pharmaciens. Pharm…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Residence conditions.

Article R1112-47

Visitors must not disturb the rest of patients or interfere with the running of departments. If this obligation is not respected, the Director may decide to expel the visitor and prohibit him/her from…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Definitions and special conditions

Article R1125-15

Research involving the human person carried out in the context of medically assisted procreation may only be performed if the conditions for access to and performance of medically assisted procreation…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Provisions specific to various commercial companies.

Article R223-32

Where the corporate action is brought by one or more members, acting either individually or under the conditions provided for in Article R. 223-31, the court may only rule if the company has been duly…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Public limited companies.

Article R225-109

Any person has the right, at any time, to obtain, at the registered office, a certified copy of the Articles of Association in force on the day of the request. The company shall attach to this documen…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2 : Management and administration of sociétés anonymes.

Article R225-46

Unless otherwise stipulated in the Articles of Association, a member of the Supervisory Board may give a proxy, in writing, to another member to represent him or her at a meeting of the Board. Each me…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Public limited companies.

Article R225-170

…r more shareholders, acting either individually or under the conditions provided for in Article R. 225-169, the court may only rule if the company has been duly challenged through its legal representa…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Changes in share capital and employee share ownership.

Article R225-154

The notice provided for in Article R. 225-153 shall state the name and form of the company, the address of the registered office, the amount of the share capital, the number of shares being considered…

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