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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R6113-7

…hment and is protected by medical confidentiality; and that this same data giving rise to invoicing may be the subject of random consultation for traceability purposes by the auditor, via the doctor m…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Sterilisation of medical devices.

Article R6111-20

…pinion of the regional health agency, a health care establishment or a healthcare cooperation group may entrust one or more sterilisation operations to a third party.The draft contract is sent by regi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 15: Hospitalisation at home activity

Article R6123-140

…hours a day, every day of the year. For each patient, it provides care for a limited period, which may be revised according to changes in the patient's state of health. II.-The holder of a home hospi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Leave

Article R6152-361

…nths. Where a practitioner has been granted sick leave for a total of twelve consecutive months, he may not, on expiry of his last period of leave, return to service without the favourable opinion of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions for swearing in

Article L131-22

A sworn broker may be struck off the list drawn up by the Court of Appeal either following a voluntary resignation or by disciplinary action. His registration lapses if he ceases to carry on the perso…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: General partnerships.

Article L221-9

The shareholders may appoint one or more statutory auditors in the forms provided for in Article L. 221-6.At least companies that exceed, at the close of the financial year, figures set by decree for…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The Board of Directors of the Executive Board.

Article L225-18-1

The proportion of directors of each sex may not be less than 40% at the end of the next general meeting called to vote on appointments, in companies which, for the third consecutive financial year, em…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Limited liability companies.

Article L223-32

…f the date on which the capital increase becomes definitive. Withdrawal of funds from subscriptions may be made by an agent of the company after the depositary's certificate has been drawn up. If the…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: Moral rights

Article L121-5

…where applicable, the co-writers and, on the other hand, the producer. The matrix of this version may not be destroyed. Any modification of this version by addition, deletion or change of any elemen…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: Nature of copyright

Article L111-3

…L. 123-4. These rights subsist in the person of the author or his successors in title who, however, may not require the owner of the material object to make this object available to them for the exerc…

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