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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General and financial provisions.

Article L5321-4

A decree in the Conseil d'Etat shall determine the conditions under which one or more of the Agency's support and back-up services may be pooled with one or more services of other bodies pursuant to A…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Territorial Conference on Health and Autonomy

Article D1441-7

…Prefect of Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon; 2° The President of the Economic, Social and Cultural Council; 3° The Heads of State Services in the local authority.

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Prescribing, ordering and dispensing procedures

Article R5139-28

…doctors of pharmacy appointed by the director of the French veterinary school as pharmacy managers;3° The groups mentioned in article L. 5143-6;These professionals may only acquire medicinal products…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Electronic communication and examination of appeals

Article R2333-120-31

…or the third-party contractor to which the sworn agent who drew up the payment notice is answerable;3° A copy of the postal or electronic acknowledgement of receipt of the compulsory prior administrat…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IV: Judicial liquidation and professional recovery.

Article L641-1-2

…judicial representatives, one of whom is common to the debtor and the companies mentioned in 2° and 3° of the same article.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Right to title

Article R611-4

If, contrary to the classification of the invention resulting from the employee's declaration, the employer's right of attribution is subsequently recognised, the employee, where applicable, shall imm…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE VI: FINANCIAL AND ACCOUNTING PROVISIONS

Article L3663-5

The amount of expenditure resulting from increases and decreases in charges is established for each competence transferred by a joint order of the ministers responsible for local authorities and the b…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter V: Criminal provisions.

Article L6355-18

Failure by any training provider to conclude a contract with a natural person who undertakes training on an individual basis and at his own expense, in breach of the provisions of article L. 6353-3, i…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Account rights and customer relations

Article R312-4-1

The fees charged by credit institutions, referred to in the first sentence of article L. 312-1-3 of the Monetary and Financial Code, may not exceed €8 per transaction and €80 per month per bank accoun…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE III: Provisions applicable in New Caledonia.

Article R932-1

In articles R. 232-6, R. 232-7, R. 234-2, R. 234-3, R. 234-5 and R. 234-6, the words: "to the works council" are replaced by the words: "to the employee delegates".

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