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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 6: Participation of midwives in medically assisted procreation activities

Article D4151-20

Under the conditions laid down in this section, midwives participate in the clinical activities of medically assisted procreation carried out with or without a third party donor, as well as in gamete…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 6: Participation of midwives in medically assisted procreation activities

Article D4151-22

The midwives provide couples with the information and support they need at every stage of the medically assisted reproduction procedure, in conjunction with the centre's doctors.Before and during the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Supervision of apprenticeship training leading to a diploma

Article R6261-20

…on, drawn up with the agreement of the regional prefect by each mission responsible for the pedagogical supervision of apprenticeship training leading to a diploma and the relevant chamber of trades a…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: General rules governing general-purpose investment funds

Article L214-24-28

When the general-purpose investment fund is open to non-professional investors, III and IV of article L. 214-24-10 do not apply.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: General rules governing general-purpose investment funds

Article L214-24-27

Creditors whose title derives from the safekeeping or management of the assets of a general-purpose investment fund shall have an action only in respect of those assets. Creditors of the depositary ma…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: General rules governing general-purpose investment funds

Article L214-24-26

…ue of a class of units or shares representing the assets of the general-purpose investment fund allocated to it. Notwithstanding article 2285 of the French Civil Code and unless otherwise stipulated i…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: General rules governing general-purpose investment funds

Article L214-24-29

The SICAV is a public limited company (société anonyme) or a simplified joint-stock company (société par actions simplifiée), other than a simplified joint-stock company (société par actions simplifié…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: General rules governing general-purpose investment funds

Article L214-24-25

…eneral-purpose investment funds take the form either of open-ended investment companies known as "SICAVs", or of unit trusts.General-purpose investment funds may comprise different classes of units or…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter II: Conclusion and proof of the insurance contract - Form and transmission of policies.

Article L112-2-2

…obtain the policyholder's or prospective policyholder's prior agreement to the continuation of the call. In the absence of the subscriber's explicit agreement, the distributor shall immediately termi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Shares.

Article L228-29-7-2

I.-This article applies to the intermediaries mentioned in 1° to 4° of I of article L. 228-2 when they provide services to shareholders or other intermediaries in relation to the shares of companies t…

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