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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Sales and transfers of shares

Article R4381-53

…a third party outside the company, the proposed transfer of shares shall be notified to the company and to each of the shareholders either by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, or in o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Sales and transfers of shares

Article R4381-57

A member who is definitively banned from practising his profession as a result of a final decision has a period of six months in which to sell his shares under the conditions set out in articles R. 43…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Sales and transfers of shares

Article R4381-55

Articles R. 4381-52 to R. 4381-54 also apply to the free transfer of all or part of a member's shares by one of the members.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Sales and transfers of shares

Article R4381-52

Company shares are freely transferable between members unless otherwise provided for in the Articles of Association. They may only be transferred to third parties with the consent of the company expre…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Sales and transfers of shares

Article R4381-59

…Director General of the Regional Health Agency at the request of the heirs of the deceased partner and with the consent of the company given under the conditions laid down for the transfer of company…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Taxes specific to resorts

Article L2333-55-1

…municipalities, public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation, the Lyon metropolitan area and social organisations from the games operated by casinos are made from the gross gaming revenue.G…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Generic specialities

Article R5121-5-1

…cinal products. For the purposes of applying these provisions, the Ministers responsible for health and social security, at the request of an applicant, may submit a request to this effect to the Dire…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: The right of accession in relation to immovable property

Article 559

If a watercourse, whether state-owned or not, removes by a sudden force a considerable and recognisable part of a riparian field, and carries it to a lower field or to the opposite bank, the owner of…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: The right of accession in relation to immovable property

Article 555

Where the plantations, constructions and works have been made by a third party and with materials belonging to the latter, the owner of the land has the right, subject to the provisions of paragraph 4…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: The right of accession in relation to immovable property

Article 563

If a state-owned watercourse forms a new course by abandoning its old bed, the riparian owners may acquire ownership of this old bed, each in his or her own right, up to a line assumed to be drawn thr…

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