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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rules governing the practice of the profession

Article L4221-10

Notwithstanding article L. 4221-1, persons who hold a diploma, certificate or other qualification mentioned in articles L. 4221-2 to L. 4221-5, but who do not hold one of the nationalities mentioned i…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Common provisions.

Article R431-16-2

The State guarantee under Articles L. 431-4, L. 431-5, L. 431-9 and L. 431-10 of this Code gives rise to the payment of remuneration by the Caisse Centrale de Réassurance. The terms and conditions for…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: Spouse and child of a foreign national holding long-term resident status - EU in another Member State of the European Union

Article L426-12

…te, have stable and sufficient resources and health insurance. The condition set out in article L. 412-1 does not apply. Notwithstanding article L. 414-10, this card does not authorise the exercise of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Specific provisions applicable to clinical investigations of devices referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017

Article L1125-10

…ation for constraints suffered paid by the promoter. The total amount of compensation that a person may receive in any one year is limited to a maximum set by the Minister for Health. The payment of s…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 8: Common provisions

Article 706-105

…6-95, a person who has been in police custody six months previously and who has not been prosecuted may ask the public prosecutor in whose jurisdiction the police custody took place about the outcome…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Board of Directors.

Article R1413-10

…he representative of the compulsory health insurance schemes has three votes.The Board of Directors may only validly deliberate if at least half of its members in office, holding at least half of the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Acts relating mainly to leases and the management of real estate and landed property

Article A444-106

…se, an emolument consisting of:a) A component equal to the emolument provided for in article A. 444-104 in respect of construction leases, calculated on the basis of the payments still to be made and…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Penalties

Article R6114-10

…or the non-fulfilment and the measures required to comply with its commitments. The contract holder may submit written or oral observations within this period.In the light of the responses provided by…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
6°: Indigents

Article 1072

…ho provide proof of a certificate of indigence issued to them by the police commissioner, or by the mayor in communes where there is no police commissioner, on the basis of a certificate from the publ…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Penalties for irregularities.

Article L1235-10

…l be null and void. In the event of cancellation of a validation decision referred to in Article L. 1233-57-2 or a homologation decision referred to in Article L. 1233-57-3 due to the absence or inade…

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