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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Controlling epidemics and certain communicable diseases.

Article L3821-11

Title III of Book I of this Part is applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands in the version resulting from Law no. 2022-1089 of 30 July 2022 putting an end to the exceptional regimes created to com…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General conditions of practice.

Article L4111-3-1

Where the province of Quebec grants the right to practise their profession on its territory to doctors, dental surgeons or midwives holding evidence of formal qualifications allowing them to practise…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Disciplinary chambers of first instance and regional and inter-regional councils.

Article L4124-14

The doctors and dental surgeons of Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon are subject to the jurisdiction of the regional council and the disciplinary chamber of first instance of the competent council of the Norma…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rules governing the practice of the profession

Article L4221-11

The Minister for Health may authorise to practise pharmacy in France, after obtaining the opinion of a commission composed in particular of health professionals, persons who have worked for three year…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IIIa: Dental assistants

Article L4393-8

The profession of dental assistant consists of assisting the dental surgeon or doctor practising in the field of dental surgery in his/her professional activity, under his/her responsibility and effec…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: The National Advisory Commission on Natural Disasters

Article D125-2

The role of the National Advisory Commission on Natural Disasters provided for in I of article L. 125-1-1 is to issue an annual opinion on: 1° The relevance of the criteria used to determine recogniti…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: The general meeting of mutual insurance companies

Article R322-69

The Statutory Auditors are invited, at the same time as the directors or members of the Management Board, to the meeting of the Board of Directors or the Management Board which closes the accounts for…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Organisations exempt from administrative approval.

Article R322-138

The portfolio transfers referred to in Article L. 324-1 of the Code, relating to the undertakings referred to in Article R. 322-132, are carried out by the company or fund referred to in Article R. 32…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Resistance tests

Article R385-4

The stress tests referred to in Article L. 385-3 consist of a projection of the business of the supplementary occupational pension fund into the future. This projection is based on :a) A scenario exte…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Cross-border mergers

Article L236-37

In addition to the information set out in Article L. 236-10, the report of the merger auditor(s) shall also indicate: 1° The method(s) used to determine the amount of the buyout offer contemplated und…

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