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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IV: Judicial liquidation and professional recovery.

Article R645-9

The quantified statement of receivables and debts mentioned in 5° of Article R. 631-1 may be completed by the debtor within fifteen days of the judgment opening the professional recovery procedure. Th…

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

Article R613-72

…f loss-making activities;4° Restructuring existing activities whose competitiveness can be restored;5° The sale of assets or branches of activity.

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Criminal provisions

Article R3826-1

Articles R. 3116-1, R. 3116-2, R. 3116-3, R. 3116-4 and R. 3116-5 are applicable to Wallis and Futuna in the version resulting from Decree no. 2018-42 of 25 January 2018. Articles R. 3116-16 and R. 31…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Purpose and agreements

Article R5131-1

…ed; 3° Unemployed people over the age of fifty; 4° People receiving the minimum integration income; 5° Disabled people.

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Cooperation agreement for the implementation of outplacement units

Article R5123-3

For the application of 5° of article R. 5111-2, the cooperation agreement determines the nature of the outplacement actions, their scope and the amount of the State's contribution to the financing of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Holders of a diploma from the Ecole des Techniques Thermales d'Aix-les-Bains.

Article D4321-33-4

The following are laid down by order of the Minister for Health: 1° The composition of the application file ; 2° The procedures for registering for the knowledge verification tests and the procedures…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Tasks and activities

Article R5126-22

The categories of preparations referred to in 2° of Article L. 5126-5 which an internal-use pharmacy of a health care establishment may entrust by written contract to a pharmaceutical establishment au…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions.

Article R5222-1

The purpose of vigilance of in vitro diagnostic medical devices, known as reactovigilance, is to monitor incidents and risks of incidents as defined in 1° of article R. 5222-2. It is carried out on al…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General powers

Article R6144-1-1

…annual review of the duty rosters; 4° The nursing, re-education and medico-technical care project; 5° The planning of works, the fitting out of premises or the acquisition of equipment likely to have…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VII: Cooperation and exchange of information

Article L311-56

…de prévoyance, dans les conditions prévues à l'article L. 631-1 of the Monetary and Financial Code; 5° Les personnes ou services visés au II de l'article L. 612-17 du code monétaire et financier, dans…

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