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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Housing finance companies

Article L513-32

In each housing finance company, the specific controller referred to in Article L. 513-23 ensures that the company complies with Articles L. 513-28 to L. 513-30.It also verifies that the housing loans…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Definitions.

Article R1121-1-1

…esearch in the field of research.Research involving the human subject and relating to a medical device is understood to mean any clinical investigation of one or more medical devices with the aim of d…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Write-offs

Article R123-314

…oval of the entries relating to the decisions mentioned in Article R. 123-298 when: 1° Safeguard proceedings have been terminated pursuant to article L. 622-12; > 2° Reorganisation proceedings have be…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Commencement of duties.

Article R6152-17

For the application of articles R. 6152-15 and R. 6152-16, full-time service is counted in full. Part-time service is counted on a pro rata basis. However, service performed under the conditions set o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: The Management Board and the Supervisory Board.

Article L225-67

A natural person may not hold more than one office as a member of the management board or sole managing director of public limited companies having their registered office on French territory. As an e…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Incapacity resulting from a non-occupational illness or accident.

Article L1226-2

…belongs, where applicable, situated on national territory and whose organisation, activities or place of operation ensure the interchange of all or part of the staff. For the application of this arti…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Incapacity resulting from an accident at work or an occupational disease.

Article L1226-10

…t belongs, where applicable, located on national territory and whose organisation, activities or place of operation ensure the transfer of all or part of the staff. This proposal takes into account, a…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Tourist municipalities.

Article R133-36

…signation of tourist municipality, for one, several or all of its member municipalities, with the exception of municipalities which exercise the competence of tourism promotion, including the creation…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Allocations of free shares.

Article L225-197-4

…gives an account of:the number and value of shares which, during the year and by virtue of the offices and functions held in the company, have been allocated free of charge to each of these officers…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Prevention of business difficulties, ad hoc mandates and conciliation procedures

Article L611-13

…r conciliator may not be carried out by a person who, during the previous twenty-four months, has received, in any capacity whatsoever, directly or indirectly, any remuneration or payment from the deb…

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