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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Permanent access to the national health data system for certain public services

Article R1461-17

The State departments, public establishments or bodies responsible for a public service mission mentioned in Article R. 1461-12 shall keep an up-to-date list and characteristics of the projects involv…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Guarantee institutions against the risk of non-payment.

Article L3253-17

The guarantee provided by the guarantee institutions referred to in article L. 3253-14 is limited, for all sums and claims advanced combined, to one or more amounts determined by decree, with referenc…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Sociétés civiles de placement immobilier (non-trading property investment companies), sociétés d'épargne forestière (forestry savings companies) and groupements forestiers d'investissement (forestry investment groups)

Article R214-171

A société d'épargne forestière may merge with another société d'épargne forestière or with a groupement forestier managing an estate whose forests are subject to approved simple management plans. Howe…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Sociétés civiles de placement immobilier (non-trading property investment companies), sociétés d'épargne forestière (forestry savings companies) and groupements forestiers d'investissement (forestry investment groups)

Article R214-174

The forestry assets held directly or indirectly by a forestry savings company are divided, if they are insured against fire, into at least two distinct management units in at least two natural regions…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Sociétés civiles de placement immobilier (non-trading property investment companies), sociétés d'épargne forestière (forestry savings companies) and groupements forestiers d'investissement (forestry investment groups)

Article R214-172

The draft terms of merger are approved by the management company of each of the forestry savings companies and the manager of each forestry group participating in the operation. It contains the follow…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Sociétés civiles de placement immobilier (non-trading property investment companies), sociétés d'épargne forestière (forestry savings companies) and groupements forestiers d'investissement (forestry investment groups)

Article R214-175

The forestry assets of a forestry savings company are subject to a valuation every fifteen years. The first valuation is carried out when the company acquires the assets. It is updated every three yea…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Sociétés civiles de placement immobilier (non-trading property investment companies), sociétés d'épargne forestière (forestry savings companies) and groupements forestiers d'investissement (forestry investment groups)

Article R214-176

I. - When a forest savings company holds at least 50% of the shares in a forestry group or a company whose sole purpose is to hold woodland and forests, the valuation provided for in article R. 214-17…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Sociétés civiles de placement immobilier (non-trading property investment companies), sociétés d'épargne forestière (forestry savings companies) and groupements forestiers d'investissement (forestry investment groups)

Article R214-173

In the event of a merger between one or more forestry groupings and one or more forestry savings companies, or between several forestry savings companies, the sustainable management commitments in acc…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Title I: Trademarks and service marks

Article R712-17

The examination phase or the time limit set in the first paragraph of Article R. 712-16-2 are suspended: 1° Where the opposition is based in whole or in part on an application for registration of a tr…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Tasks and classification

Article R2324-17

I.- Non-permanent childcare establishments and services for young children operate within the framework set out in II of article L. 214-1-1 of the Code de l'action sociale et des familles. With the he…

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