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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Common provisions.

Article D711-67-4

In application of article L. 711-3 and in accordance with the guidelines adopted by their parent regional chamber of commerce and industry, the chambers of commerce and industry create and update a fi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions applicable to regional chambers of commerce and industry

Article R712-22-2

…s constituency is likely to commit its financial solidarity in the short or medium term pursuant to 7° of article L. 711-8, the regional chamber shall send it observations, propose remedial measures a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Embryo reception.

Article R2141-12

…bryos with a view to their reception and implementation, mentioned in g of 2° of Article R. 2142-1, may only donate the embryo with a view to its reception to a practitioner who meets the criteria men…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Decision

Article R4126-30

…evealed a lack of professional competence on the part of the practitioner, the Disciplinary Chamber may order him, in application of article L. 4124-6-1, to undergo training, unless the Chamber is inf…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Registration

Article A822-8

…the Autorité des Marchés Financiers ; 6° One representative of the Autorité des normes comptables; 7° Four members of higher education, professors or lecturers; 8° Two statutory auditors who are also…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4 : Participation of medical transport companies in the on-call service for urgent medical transport

Article R6312-19

…nd social security; 3° The conditions under which a medical transport company on the on-call roster may be replaced; 4° The procedures for identifying medical transport companies that volunteer to res…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Judicial police officers

Article 18

…as that of the officers of the judicial police of the host service. Officers of the judicial police may travel throughout France to pursue their investigations and to conduct hearings, searches and se…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VII: Penalties.

Article L211-26

…ordance with the provisions of article L. 211-1 of the Insurance Code is punishable by a fine of €3,750. II - Any person guilty of the offence provided for in this article is also liable to the follow…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 695-9-3

…cle 694-32 and is punishable therein by a custodial sentence of at least three years' imprisonment; 7° A full description of the offence where it does not fall within one of the categories of offences…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Antenatal diagnostics: prenatal diagnosis and pre-implantation diagnosis.

Article L2131-4

…rpose of the diagnosis is to identify the condition and the means of preventing and treating it. It may only be carried out, under certain conditions, in an establishment specifically authorised for t…

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