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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Financial and accounting rules

Article R5315-12

…te or create a security interest in an asset referred to in the second paragraph of article L. 5315-7 shall be sent to the supervisory ministers, together with the draft agreement with the transferee,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Secondment.

Article R6152-54

…r's status is changed or when he is appointed, under the conditions provided for in article R. 6152-7, to a hospital practitioner post.

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Inter-hospital nursing transport.

Article R6312-28-1

…inister for Health, and a nurse who intervenes under the conditions provided for in article R. 4311-7. For the inter-hospital nursing transport of stable ventilated, intubated or sedated patients, the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Capital increases.

Article L225-138-1

…180, the provisions of I and II of article L. 225-138 shall apply and: 1° The subscription price remains determined under the conditions defined in Article L. 443-5 of the Labour Code; 2° The capital…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Manufacturing and wholesale distribution.

Article L5124-18

…article L. 5124-4 , in the event of the proprietor's absence or if they are banned from practising;7° The conditions of management of a pharmaceutical establishment as provided for in article L. 5124…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 4: Total or partial withdrawal of parental authority and withdrawal of the exercise of parental authority

Article 378-1

…tarily refrained from exercising the rights and fulfilling the duties conferred on them by article 375-7.The action for total withdrawal of parental authority is brought before the judicial court, eit…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Relations between lessors and lessees of buildings used for the hotel trade

Article L311-1

…distribution of hot or air-conditioned air; 6° Installation of lifts, goods lifts and dumbwaiters; 7° Fitting out kitchens and pantries; 8° The construction of swimming pools,even if this work entail…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Single section: Film ombudsman

Article R213-9

…ns of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Funeral services

Article L2223-19

…ries, as well as cinerary urns; 5° Paragraph deleted 6° The management and use of funeral chambers; 7° The supply of hearses and mourning cars; 8° The supply of personnel and objects and services requ…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Presentation and determination of the statement of estimates of revenue and expenditure

Article R6145-11

…conditions: 1° Each of the projected profit and loss accounts is presented in balance; however, the main projected profit and loss account and the projected profit and loss accounts for the activities…

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