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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Poison control centre.

Article D6431-61

…alerting the senior administrator, the representative of the State and executive of the territory; 3° Notwithstanding the missions of expertise that may be entrusted to it within the framework of a j…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE I: Preliminary provisions.

Article L210-12

…cles of association that an engagement coordinator replaces the engagement committee referred to in 3° of Article L. 210-10. The engagement coordinator may be an employee of the company, provided that…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L2351-1

…participating in the formation of a European Company and having their registered office in France; 3° Subsidiaries and establishments located in France of a European Company located in another Member…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE III: Receivership.

Article L631-9-1

If the shareholders' equity has not been reconstituted in accordance with the conditions set out in article L. 626-3, the administrator is entitled to request the appointment of a court-appointed agen…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Title V: Prudential rules applicable to undertakings covered by the Solvency II regime

Article A355-1

Pursuant to L. 355-3, when predefined events occur which may lead, or have already led, to significant changes in their activities and results, their system of governance, their risk profile, or their…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Development of apprenticeships in the non-industrial and non-commercial public sector

Article L6227-8

The apprentice is affiliated to the general social security scheme for all risks and to the supplementary pension scheme set up for the benefit of non-tenured employees of the State and local authorit…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Credits

Article L754-4

The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same tabl…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: French regulated markets.

Article R421-1

Where the AMF has appointed an agent without an adversarial procedure, in accordance with the provisions of the third paragraph of Article L. 421-3, it shall immediately inform the market undertaking…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Occupational health

Article R1262-14

…he undertaking sheet provided for in articles R. 4624-46 to R. 4624-50. In the case provided for in 3° of article L. 1262-1 and when the company intervenes on behalf of a private individual, this acti…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IX: Special provisions for insolvency proceedings covered by Regulation (EU) No 2015/848 of 20 May 2015 on insolvency proceedings

Article R691-2

The court is seised by petition of challenges raised or applications made pursuant to Article L. 691-3. The court rules on the application after hearing or duly calling in chambers the debtor who has…

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