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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Other cases of recourse to expert appraisal

Article L2315-94

The Social and Economic Committee may call on the services of a qualified expert under conditions laid down by decree in the Conseil d'Etat: 1° When a serious, identified and present risk, whether or…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Specific provisions relating to assignment subledgers

Article R342-9

The insurance undertaking or the supplementary occupational pension fund may enter into reinsurance or risk transfer treaties relating to commitments contracted under a contract or commitments mention…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Exemption provisions relating to direct allocations based on the distribution conditions of cinematographic works

Article 919-63

For cinematographic works shown in cinemas in 2021:1° By way of derogation from 4° of article 222-19, the maximum number of cinemas is increased to two hundred and fifty;2° By way of derogation from 5…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions specific to new building projects

Article R2431-9

The preliminary design studies include the summary preliminary design studies defined in article R. 2431-10 and the final preliminary design studies defined in article R. 2431-11.The preliminary desig…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: The European Economic Interest Grouping.

Article L252-9

…result only from the infringement of the mandatory provisions of Regulation No 2137-85 of 25 July 1985 of the Council of the European Communities, or of the provisions of this chapter or of one of th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Terms and conditions

Article L6213-9

With the exception of not-for-profit laboratories, private medical laboratories are managed by a biologist in charge who is the legal representative. When the legal structure of a medical biology labo…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Practice of the profession in the form of a company.

Article R814-90

The minutes of the members' deliberations and those of the board of directors' and supervisory board's deliberations shall be drawn up in a special register previously listed and initialled by the sec…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Duties between colleagues and members of other health professions

Article R4321-99

Masseur-physiotherapists shall maintain good fraternal relations with each other. It is forbidden for a masseur-physiotherapist to slander another masseur-physiotherapist, to speak ill of him or her,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions required to practise as an orthopaedic technician

Article D4364-9

The following may practise the profession of ocularist or epithesist: 1° Holders of the French State diploma for ocularists or the French State diploma for epithesists mentioned in article D. 4364-7 ;…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Advertising aimed at the health professions

Article R5122-9

The information contained in the advertisement must be accurate, up to date, verifiable and sufficiently complete to enable the recipient to form a personal opinion of the therapeutic value of the med…

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