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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Commissions responsible for applications for authorisation to practise by doctors with hospital and university qualifications

Article D4111-13-8

If the ministerial authority does not respond to an application submitted under articles L. 4131-4 and L. 4131-4-1 within four months of receipt of a complete application, this will be deemed to const…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article R111-2

The administrative authority referred to in article L. 111-4 is the Minister for the Economy and Finance.

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Form, content and transmission of the contract.

Article L1242-12

…ar:1° The name and professional qualification of the person replaced when it is concluded under 1°, 4° and 5° of article L. 1242-2 ; 2° The expiry date and, where applicable, a renewal clause when it…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Allocations of free shares.

Article L225-197-5

The Ordinary General Meeting of the company that directly or indirectly has majority control over the company awarding the free shares shall be informed in accordance with the conditions set out in ar…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VI: Provisions adapting Book VI.

Article L916-1

The 4° of III of Article L. 643-11 does not apply to Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Insurance for research sponsors

Article R1121-7

The contracts mentioned in article R. 1121-4 may provide for an excess per victim.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Continuation of the business during the observation period.

Article R631-23

For the purposes of ordering the partial cessation of business pursuant to II of Article L. 631-15, the matter shall be referred to the court by petition or, where applicable, in the forms and accordi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: General provisions

Article L613-50-7

…ties laid down in Article L. 641-1 when they contribute to the performance of the duties defined in 4° of II of Article L. 612-1 : 1° Any person whom the resolution college or the supervisory college…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Conciliation procedure.

Article R611-23-1

I. - When the conditions provided for in 4° of Article L. 721-8 are met, the debtor shall address or submit directly to the president of the competent specialised commercial court his request for the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Conditions for recognising the evidential value of documents containing personal health data created or reproduced in digital form and for destroying documents stored in a form other than digital

Article L1111-26

A digital copy of a document referred to in article L. 1111-25, which meets the conditions of reliability set out in the second paragraph of article 1379 of the Civil Code, has the same evidential val…

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