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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Regional health agency.

Article L6431-2

…dontological and pharmaceutical staff, including, by right, the chairman of the medical commission; 5° Representatives of staff other than those mentioned in 4° ; 6° A qualified personality; 7° A user…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Rights of the holder of the pharmaceutical dossier

Article R1111-20-7

When the beneficiary of health insurance is an unemancipated minor or an adult subject to a legal protection measure with representation relating to the person, the rights provided for in this sub-sec…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Company accounts.

Article R232-8

A consolidating company within the meaning of the first paragraph of article L. 232-5 carries out, when it exercises the option provided for in this article, restatements in accordance with the consol…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Drawing up the annual list of citizen assessors

Article R2-6

For the application of the provisions of 3° of article 10-5, may consult the information and personal data recorded in the context of criminal proceedings in the automated national registry of judicia…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Undertakings for collective real estate investment.

Article R214-120

…er the conditions laid down in that Article, include units or shares of undertakings referred to in 5° of I of Article L. 214-36 representing more than 10% of the assets of the real estate collective…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R1233-9

I.-The mandate of a staff representative ends for the reasons and under the conditions provided for: 1° In the first paragraph of the Article 22 of Decree no. 2020-1427 of 20 November 2020 relating to…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Public industrial and commercial services

Article R2224-22

…tended that the water abstracted will be used in a water distribution system internal to a dwelling;5° Whether it is intended that all or part of the water obtained from the work will be discharged in…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Customer due diligence obligations

Article R561-13

The third party referred to in Article L. 561-7 shall forward without delay to the persons referred to in 1° to 6° of Article L. 561-2 the information gathered in connection with the implementation of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Biological activities for medically assisted procreation

Article R2142-26-1

The health establishment, organisation, health cooperation group or medical biology laboratory in which the activities defined in 2° of Article R. 2142-1 are carried out must include: 1° A room used e…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Organisation

Article R4422-8

An order of the Corsican Prefect records the appointment of the members of the council mentioned in 1° and 2° of articles R. 4422-5, R. 4422-6 and R. 4422-6-1. If one or more seats cannot be filled in…

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