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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Operating conditions.

Article L4141-4

…an activity as part of a commitment to serve in the operational reserve provided for in article L. 4211-1 of the Defence Code or required in application of articles L. 3131-8 or L. 3131-9 and who hav…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 8: Recourse in the event of non-acceptance and non-payment.

Article L511-49

I. - After the expiry of the time limits fixed: 1° For the presentation of a bill of exchange at sight or at a certain time of sight; 2° For the making of the protest in default of acceptance or in de…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Time limits for expert appraisals

Article R2315-47

The expert submits his report at the latest fifteen days before the expiry of the deadlines for consultation of the Social and Economic Committee mentioned in the second and third paragraphs of articl…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: One-off assistance for apprentice employers

Article D6243-4

I.-The management of the one-off grant to apprentice employers is entrusted to the Agence de services et de paiement (Services and Payment Agency), with which the Minister responsible for vocational t…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 6: Right to use journalists' works

Article L132-44

A commission is set up, chaired by a representative of the State, and composed, in addition, of half representatives of representative professional press organisations and half representatives of repr…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L131-4

I.-When one or more of the units of account referred to in Article L. 131-1 are made up of units or shares in a collective investment undertaking whose redemption or issue of units or shares has been…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Appeal procedures

Article R621-46

…in of inadmissibility pronounced ex officio, it shall contain the particulars prescribed byarticle 648 of the Code of Civil Procedure and specify the subject of the appeal. Where the statement of appe…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Audit of production accounts

Article L251-4

…ity to comment. In addition, when the audit report reveals a breach of the provisions of article L. 421-1 of this code, this breach is recorded and penalised under the conditions set out in Book IV. W…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Speech therapists.

Article L4341-4

…g one of the diplomas, certificates or evidence of formal qualifications provided for in Article L. 4341-3, hold : 1° Evidence of formal qualifications issued by one or more Member States or Contracti…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rules governing the practice of the profession of medical electroradiology manipulator

Article L4351-4

…one of the diplomas, certificates or evidence of formal qualifications provided for in articles L. 4351-3 and L. 4351-5, hold : 1° Evidence of formal qualifications issued by one or more Member State…

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