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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Scope of the agreement.

Article R6142-37

A member of the teaching and hospital staff may only be assigned to an organisation that is a party to the agreement with the agreement of the person concerned.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Etablissement public de santé national de Fresnes.

Article R6147-84

Committee meetings are not open to the public. The Committee may decide to hear any competent person on the issues on the agenda.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 6: Availability.

Article R6152-63

The period of compulsory leave may not exceed one year. It is renewable up to a maximum of three years in total.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Interrogations and confrontations

Article 114

The parties may only be heard, questioned or confronted, unless they expressly waive this, in the presence of their lawyers or the latter duly summoned. Lawyers shall be summoned no later than five wo…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Authorisation of payment institutions

Article L522-11

…ecided by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution at the request of the institution.It may also be decided ex officio by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution if the instit…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE VII: Administrative injunctions and penalties

Article L470-1

…ate and record breaches or failures to comply with the obligations set out in Title IV of this Book may, after an adversarial procedure, order any trader, within a reasonable period of time, to comply…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Formation with a public offer other than one of those mentioned in 1° or 2° of Article L. 411-2 of the Monetary and Financial Code or in Article L. 411-2-1 of the Monetary and Financial Code.

Article L225-2

…s publish a notice under the conditions determined by decree in the Conseil d'Etat. No subscription may be received if the formalities provided for in the first and second paragraphs above have not be…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Agency agreement

Article L132-19

…epreneur any monopoly of exploitation. The validity of the exclusive rights granted by a playwright may not exceed five years; the interruption of performances during two consecutive years automatical…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Granting of exploitation licences and collection of income from the exploitation of rights

Article L324-8-2

A rights holder may object to an approved collective management organisation of which he is not a member issuing exploitation authorisations on his behalf. This objection may be notified to the approv…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 4: Supervisory body

Article L323-15

…ion of the different categories of members of the general meeting within the supervisory body. They may authorise the election of natural persons who are not members of the organisation, provided that…

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