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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions.

Article R4113-31

Registration may only be refused if the articles of association submitted do not comply with the legislative and regulatory provisions, and in particular with the Code of Ethics. Registration may also…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Associate assistants.

Article R6152-539-2

Associate assistant candidates may sign a contract to work in a public health institution and are then recruited for a period of two years or four years. The total duration of their duties as associat…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Share capital and shares.

Article R6223-15

Shares may not be pledged as collateral.Their nominal value may not be less than 15.Shares representing contributions in kind are non-transferable and are cancelled if the holder loses his status as a…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Crossed cheques

Article L131-45

A cheque with a general bar may only be paid by the drawee to a banker, an electronic money institution, a payment institution, a head of a postal cheque centre or a customer of the drawee. A speciall…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Suspension and withdrawal of authorisation

Article R1173-12

…vent of a breach of the specifications or other legislative and regulatory provisions applicable to maisons sport-santé, the department appointed to investigate the breach will give the authorisation…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Decisions.

Article R464-9-1

The Minister responsible for the economy shall notify, by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, the companies that it suspects of practices mentioned in Articles L. 420-1, L. 420-2, L. 42…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: The general meeting of mutual insurance companies

Article R322-58

The Articles of Association determine the composition of the General Meeting. The General Meeting is made up either of all members who have paid their subscriptions, or of delegates elected by these m…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Enforcement of the vendor's lien and pledge of the business and purging of registered debts.

Article L143-14

…red creditor or of the purchaser, at the expense, risk and peril of the overbidder and his surety remaining committed, in accordance with the rules prescribed by the articles L. 143-4, L. 143-5 to L.…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter III: ALLOWANCE FOR ASYLUM SEEKERS

Article L553-3

The asylum seeker's allowance cannot be transferred or seized. For repayment purposes, in the event of undue payment, the French Office for Immigration and Integration may make deductions from future…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section 2: Pre-trial proceedings before the Pre-Trial Judge

Article 795

Orders of the pre-trial judge and decisions given by the panel of judges pursuant to the ninth paragraph of Article 789 are not subject to opposition. An appeal or appeal in cassation may only be lodg…

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