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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Special provisions relating to the electronic recognition of professional qualifications of regulated professions

Article R123-30-10

The file referred to in 2° of Article R. 123-30-9 includes:1° All the information declared;2° The supporting documents required under the legislative or regulatory provisions in force that have been d…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Publicity and protection of the rights of third parties.

Article R229-7

…ledgement of receipt. The price offered by the company to shareholders holding shares of the same class must be identical. This offer shall include the price offered per share and the proposed method…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: The Governor and Deputy Governors.

Article R142-20

The Governor may delegate his powers to the General Managers, Department Managers and Branch Managers, for the purpose of ensuring, in the departments or services under their authority, compliance wit…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Management by the social and economic committee

Article R2312-41

…of directors of social security organisations and mutual societies established within the company, as well as on the supervisory committees of these institutions; 2° the boards of directors of housin…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Organisation and operation of the High Council

Article R821-1

The High Council deliberates on:1° The annual budget and its amendments during the year;2° The financial account and the allocation of the results;3° The accounting and financial regulations, which ar…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7b: Compassionate prescribing frameworks

Article R5121-76-5

The compassionate prescribing framework drawn up by the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé states in particular, for each medicinal product: 1°…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: National tattoo product vigilance system.

Article R513-10-10

…ormation sent to it by healthcare professionals, by people who carry out tattoos on a professional basis, by people responsible for placing a tattoo product on the market, by consumers and by the comp…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 11: Procedures to be observed by persons sterilising medical devices

Article R5211-52

…ust follow, at his choice, the procedure relating to the EC declaration of conformity, full quality assurance system, or the procedure relating to the EC declaration of conformity, production quality…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Approval

Article L511-15

…t the request of the institution.Pursuant to Articles 4 and 14 of Council Regulation (EU) No 1024/2013 of 15 October 2013, such withdrawal may also be decided by the European Central Bank in the follo…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V : Tax revenue equalisation

Article L3335-2

…l amount of the two levies exceeds 1.6 billion euros, the Local Finance Committee may decide to set aside all or part of the amount exceeding this level in a departmental guarantee fund for cyclical c…

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