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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Examination of complaints and claims.

Article R1112-93

…must take place as far as possible before the patient is discharged from the hospital. The mediator may meet the patient's relatives if he/she considers it useful or at the patient's request.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Terms and conditions of office

Article L6434-9

…Territorial Council or a Territorial Councillor deputising for him or having received a delegation may only be convicted on the basis of the third paragraph of this same article for unintentional act…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Exhibitions subject to authorisation

Article R4451-93

…d at the latest within fifteen days of the date of receipt of the application for authorisation. It may refer the matter to the Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire for an opinion. II -…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Miscellaneous and final provisions

Article R4312-91

…ntology shall state the reasons on which they are based. The decisions of the departmental councils may be amended or annulled by the national council of the order, either ex officio or at the request…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions common to corporate officers of sociétés anonymes.

Article L225-94

The limitation on the number of seats on the Board of Directors or Supervisory Board that may be held simultaneously by the same natural person, pursuant to articles L. 225-21 and L. 225-77, is applic…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 3: Transnational joint entities

Article L2113-9

…2° Or the law of the State in which it carries out its activities.The choice of the applicable law may not be intended to avoid the application of national provisions of public policy.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Exercise of the reduction

Article 924-1

The beneficiary may carry out the reduction in kind, notwithstanding article 924, where the property given or bequeathed still belongs to him and is free of any encumbrance to which it was not already…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IV: Provisions applicable in French Polynesia.

Article L941-9

…h territorial regulations, the management lease contract includes a sliding scale clause, a request may be made to revise the rent, notwithstanding any agreement to the contrary, in accordance with th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE III: Provisions applicable in New Caledonia.

Article L931-9

…ce with local regulations, the management lease contract includes a sliding scale clause, a request may be made to revise the rent, notwithstanding any agreement to the contrary, in accordance with th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Undertakings for collective real estate investment.

Article R214-95

The units or shares of undertakings referred to in 5° of the I of article L. 214-36 may represent more than 10% of the assets of the undertaking for collective investment in real estate, subject to co…

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