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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 5 : Acquisition of French nationality by decision of the public authorities

Article 21-19

…xceptional services to France or whose naturalisation is of exceptional interest to France. In this case, the naturalisation decree may only be granted after an opinion from the Conseil d'Etat on a re…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Medical professions.

Article L4441-21

Employers or, in the case of civil servants, the hierarchical authority are required to allow their employees or civil servants who are members of the Disciplinary Chamber of New Caledonia or that of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions specific to bariatric surgery

Article R6123-212

…nted, maintained or renewed if the holder of the authorisation complies, on the authorised geographical site, with a minimum annual activity set by order of the Minister responsible for health. In the…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Financial and accounting system

Article R411-21

…ts may be set up within the institution under the conditions laid down by Decree no. 2019-798 of 26 July 2019, as amended, relating to the revenue and imprest accounts of public bodies.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Liability regime

Article L133-18

…e payment service user and it notifies the Banque de France of these reasons in writing. Where applicable, the payer's payment service provider shall restore the debited account to the state it would…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Breach of contract.

Article L6222-18

…d by either party up until the end of the first forty-five days, consecutive or otherwise, of practical in-company training completed by the apprentice. After this period, the contract may be terminat…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Certification of accounts

Article A823-22

…ACTICE STANDARD CONCERNING INFORMATION RELATING TO PREVIOUS FINANCIAL YEARS Introduction 1. The indication of information relating to previous financial years in the accounts for the past financial ye…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 11: Agreements with companies

Article R5141-147-1

The provisions of articles R. 5141-143 to R. 5141-146 apply to military veterinarians and military veterinary students covered by the provisions of article L. 4138-2 of the French Defence Code. The pr…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions common to ski lifts and conveyors.

Article R342-18

…r conveyor in question. If the fault found in one installation is likely to be found in other technically similar installations, the Prefect may, after consulting the technical service for ski lifts a…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Schools of territorial chambers of commerce and industry and regional chambers of commerce and industry

Article L711-18

The board of directors or supervisory board of a consular higher education institution is made up of twelve to twenty-four members, including at least one student representative, at least three electe…

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