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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Administration.

Article R4113-48

The remuneration paid on shares representing the contributions provided for in 1° of article R. 4113-36 may not exceed the rate on advances of securities from the Banque de France less two points. The…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Administration.

Article R4113-44

Apart from the cases provided for byarticle 19 of law no. 66-879 of 29 November 1966 relating to professional non-trading companies and by articles R. 4113-45, R. 4113-49 and R. 4113-79 imposing speci…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Privileges.

Article L3253-4

Notwithstanding the existence of any preferential claim, holiday pay is paid up to a ceiling identical to that established for a period of thirty days' remuneration by Article L. 3253-1.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Conciliation Commission.

Article R6142-41

…by the prefect of the department in which the university hospital centre has its registered office and comprising the director of the training and research unit or the representative of the medical e…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Derogation from the territoriality of the sites of a medical biology laboratory

Article R6222-4

When the Director General of a Regional Health Agency establishes that, in an area defined in b of 2° of Article L. 1434-9, the supply of medical biology does not meet the needs of the population, in…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Litigation concerning the invalidity and revocation of trademarks

Article R716-4

An official of the National Institute of Industrial Property who has investigated an application for registration of a trade mark or an opposition filed against an application for registration of a tr…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Board of Directors.

Article R4642-4

…e Agency's general guidelines. In addition to the powers conferred on it by Title III of Decree no. 2012-1246 of 7 November 2012 on public budgetary and accounting management, it deliberates in partic…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Prohibition on offering advantages

Article L1453-4

The prohibition provided for in article L. 1453-3 is applicable : 1° To persons practising a health profession regulated by this code, to osteopaths and chiropractors mentioned inarticle 75 of law no.…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article R132-4

In addition to the information mentioned in article L. 112-4 , the life insurance contract must indicate1° The surname, first names and date of birth of the insured(s) ;2° The event or date on which t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Registration of members of the professions of medical electroradiology manipulator and medical laboratory technician and of graduates not in practice

Article D4354-4

…ing the practice, management or monitoring of the activity of medical electroradiology manipulators and medical laboratory technicians, the competent departments of the State and the public establishm…

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