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Showing 58315840 of 8111 articles for Art. CE 27-12-2022 n° 464505

French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Central bodies

Article R6147-5-2

…12, the members of the Nursing, Rehabilitation and Medico-Technical Care Commission of the Assistance publique-hôpitaux de Paris are elected by the full members of the Local Nursing, Rehabilitation a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Mission of emergency medical services.

Article R6311-5

…eir tasks directly linked to the provision of emergency medical aid, the emergency medical aid services participate in health education, prevention and research. They also participate in the training…

AI translation · Updated 30 Oct 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The Board of Directors of the Executive Board.

Article L225-22

…inted took part. The number of directors bound to the company by a contract of employment may not exceed one third of the directors in office. However, directors elected by employees or appointed purs…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Local public companies

Article L1864-1

…blic companies in which they hold all the capital.These companies are competent, subject to compliance with II of Article 43 of Organic Law No. 2004-192 of 27 February 2004 on the autonomous status of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Obligations relating to insider lists

Article L451-4

…ts all persons mentioned in a of 1 of the same Article 18. These lists shall be drawn up in accordance with the implementing technical standards adopted pursuant to the fourth paragraph of Article 18(…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Freedom of establishment and freedom to provide services within the territory of States party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article L511-24

…institutions referred to in Articles L. 511-22 and L. 511-23 and their branches established in France are subject to the following provisions of this chapter and the regulatory provisions adopted for…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Acquisition of Trade Mark Rights

Article D712-30

…r registration of the trademark, containing the name of the community or the name of the country concerned, in the Official Bulletin of Industrial Property. Where the trade mark application is filed p…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: The Board of Directors and General Management

Article R22-10-15

…ble to the public free of charge on the company's website for a period of ten years. Without prejudice to the third paragraph of II of this article, this period may be extended. II. II - The processin…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
BOOK V: FRENCH POLYNESIA

Article L6500

…e economic and structural conversion of French Polynesia that the State is supporting following the cessation of nuclear testing pursuant to the last paragraph of article 6-1 of organic law no. 2004-1…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Financial assistance provided by the agency on its own behalf

Article R515-9

…of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Minister for the Economy and the Minister for Overseas France, in States that are members of regional cooperation agreements mentioned in articles L. 3441-2 to…

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