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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Freedom of establishment.

Article R4311-36-1

The Commission of Nurses for the region designated by order of the Minister for Health comprises :1° The Regional Director for Youth, Sport and Social Cohesion or his/her representative, as Chairman ;…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Financial reporting requirements

Article L451-1-3

The Autorité des marchés financiers shall ensure that issuers whose registered office is located outside France, which are not subject to the obligations defined in Article L. 451-1-2, and whose secur…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Supervision and inspection.

Article L811-11-3

The auditor of a debtor subject to safeguard, receivership or compulsory liquidation proceedings may not invoke professional secrecy in response to requests from the auditor of the court-appointed adm…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Submission of applications

Article R612-3-1

The patent application may be filed in the form of a provisional application allowing the submission of the documents referred to in 2°, 3° and 4° of Article R. 612-3 to be deferred. The request for g…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Composition and operation

Article R321-36-1

The natural person operators designated in I of Article L. 321-4 as well as the natural persons who are directors, partners or employees of a legal entity operator and who are authorised to conduct vo…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Composition and operation

Article R321-36-10

The Conseil des Maisons de Vente meets when convened by its Chairman. The meeting is convened by right when the Government Commissioner or four members of the Council request it. The agenda is set by…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Budgets and accounts

Article L5217-10-3

The allocation of grants is decided separately from the budget vote. However, for grants for which there are no conditions of award, the Metropolitan Council may decide:1° To individualise the appropr…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions (R).

Article R2334-31-1

Article R. 2334-24, c of article R. 2334-26 and articles R. 2334-28 and R. 2334-29 only apply to subsidies granted under the dotation d'équipement des territoires ruraux which have the character of in…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Organisation and mission

Article D561-34-1

I.-The transmission of information pursuant to the provisions of I of Article L. 561-28 and Articles L. 561-29-1 and L. 561-31 shall be signed by the Director, his deputy or department staff specially…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Regulations and decisions

Article R621-30-1

The Autorité des marchés financiers shall communicate to the European Securities and Markets Authority :-decisions relating to the authorisation of investment firms ; -at least once a year, the list o…

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