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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-Paragraph 3: Acts relating mainly to contracts and agreements concerning real estate and landed property

Article A444-116

…ee:1° Of 377.31 €, for the drawing up of the deed of rules of co-ownership or the description;2° Of 188.66 € for:a) Bringing the regulations or the description into line with legal obligations; orb) A…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10: Special provisions.

Article R5141-118

…and those that trade in the said substances, as well as the establishments mentioned in Article L. 5142-1 shall record, in chronological order, using any appropriate recording system that allows immed…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Composition

Article R6147-119

The mediators referred to in 2° of Article R. 6147-117 are a doctor mediator and a non-physician mediator. The doctor mediator and his alternate are appointed by the Chief Medical Officer of the Armed…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Special provisions for companies whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market and certain of their subsidiaries.

Article R232-11

…ry general meeting of shareholders: 1° The approved annual financial statements, bearing the certificate of the statutory auditors; 2° The decision to allocate the results; 3° The consolidated financi…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Control

Article R5132-1-14

…structure's ability to prescribe a pathway to integration through economic activity. In the latter case, the ability to prescribe a pathway may be reinstated by the Prefect, at the structure's reques…

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction of French courts

Article 689-11

Except in the cases provided for in Subtitle I of Title I of Book IV for the application of the Convention on the Statute of the International Criminal Court, opened for signature in Rome on 18 July 1…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rules governing the practice of the profession

Article L4311-11

Notwithstanding the provisions of article L. 4311-2, the profession of nurse may be practised by persons who hold : 1° One of the certificates issued in application of the decree of 27 June 1922 estab…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Budgetary and accounting arrangements for the High Council

Article R821-14-15

The list of supporting documents for income and expenditure is prepared by the accounting officer and proposed by the president for approval by the minister responsible for the budget. In the event of…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Individual payment transactions

Article L314-11

…e contract relating to an individual payment transaction is concluded by a means of distance communication that does not enable the Payment Service Provider to comply with the obligations set out in I…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Conciliation procedure

Article R1110-11

Any person who considers that he or she has been the victim of a discriminatory refusal of care may lodge a complaint with the director of the local health insurance body or the president of the profe…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
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