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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Accreditation of the quality of professional practice

Article D4135-5

…anté; 3° Recruiting and training experts in each of the specialties mentioned in Article D. 4135-2; 4° Collecting risk-bearing event reports with a view to using them, after first processing them to e…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: The Board of Directors

Article R7345-3

…governing the organisation and operation of the establishment, including its internal regulations; 4° The general conditions governing the recruitment, employment and remuneration of staff; 5° The in…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions specific to the adult critical care modality

Article D6124-28

…e reconstruction or redevelopment of an existing sector, the unit must include at least eight beds. 4° At least six beds for the cardiology intensive care unit referred to in 3° of Article R. 6123-34-…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Provisions relating to the resolution of banking crises

Article R613-46-2

…of the amount is secured under a financial collateral arrangement as defined in Article L. 211-38; 4° The collateral attached to the guarantee meets the requirements set out in Article 197 of Regulat…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions for taking up the activity of financial investment adviser

Article L541-4

I.-Any financial investment adviser must become a member of an association responsible for monitoring the individual professional activities of its members, representing them collectively and defendin…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IV: Provisions applicable in French Polynesia.

Article L947-4

…es, when they employ in the collectivity from two hundred to four hundred and ninety-nine employees;4° By four additional representatives, where they employ in the collectivity from five hundred to on…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter III: STAYS OF MORE THAN THREE MONTHS

Article R233-14

Family members mentioned in 4° and 5° of article L. 233-1 who have established their habitual residence in France for less than five years are issued, at their request, with a residence permit bearing…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Operation of veterinary pharmaceutical companies and establishments.

Article R5142-43

…igations and specifies the conditions of transport and intermediate storage of these raw materials; 4° The manufacturers of medicated feedingstuffs mentioned in 11° of article R. 5142-1 may subcontrac…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Biomedicine

Article L1418-1

…quality and safety, as well as medical and scientific research, for the activities within its remit;4° Monitoring, evaluating and, if necessary, controlling medical and biological activities, particul…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Guarantee for sureties.

Article D313-26

…19, L. 7123-21 and L. 7123-22 of the French Labour Code; 3° Article L. 530-1 of the Insurance Code; 4° Du h de…

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