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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III ter: Birth centres

Article L6323-4-3

…s of the population and ensures compliance with the operating conditions set out in article L. 6323-4-4.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Provisions specific to public limited companies

Article L22-10-44

…raph is, depending on the size of the voting rights relating to the capital, reduced as follows: 1° 4% between €750,000 and up to €4,500,000; 2° 3% between €4,500,000 and €7,500,000; 3° 2% between €7,…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: National framework revitalisation agreement

Article D1233-48-1

…l framework agreement for revitalisation provided for in article L. 1233-90-1 or article L. 1237-19-4 includes in particular: 1° The territory or territories for which the actions provided for in arti…

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Article Annexe 4-8

…urred by the judicial auctioneer when performing a service mentioned in Table 1 of Article Appendix 4-7.3° With regard to bailiffs:a) Travel costs, except for service of documents from lawyer to lawye…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Standards

Article D4622-47-3

…natory, explicit and reproducible criteria, defined in the specifications referred to in Article D. 4622-47-4. Services applying for certification are subject to on-site audits under conditions define…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Local experimental protocols

Article L4011-4-8

…of this chapter which apply to the nationwide deployment of a local protocol pursuant to article L. 4011-4-6;2° The nature of the indicators mentioned in article L. 4011-4-5, which include monitoring…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Supervision on a consolidated basis by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution and college of supervisors

Article R613-3-4

…of the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution on 1°, 2° or 3° of II of Article L. 613-20-4 or on the measures to be taken in the event of any significant issue or finding with an impact on…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1a: Additional dispensing of oral contraceptives by pharmacists

Article R5134-4-2

Where the pharmacist dispenses contraceptives pursuant to article R. 5134-4-1 : 1° He may not, in application of article R. 5132-12 and under the conditions set out in paragraph 1 of article R. 5132-1…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Agency agreement

Article L132-20-4

…thorise a signal distributor to represent a work under the conditions mentioned in article L. 122-2-4 may only be exercised by a collective management organisation.If this organisation is governed by…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article 706-47-1

Persons convicted of one of the offences mentioned in the article 706-47 may be subject to a treatment order imposed either at the time of their conviction, as part of a socio-judicial follow-up, in a…

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