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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Regional health agency.

Article L6431-12

…the Accounting Officer, are governed by a collective agreement. Notwithstanding law no. 52-1322 of 15 December 1952, as amended, instituting a labour code in the overseas territories, the collective…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Arrangements for repayment of the advance

Article R2191-11

…t is deducted from the sums due to the contractor and begins :1° For advances less than or equal to 30% of the amount of the contract inclusive of all taxes, when the amount of the services performed…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Status of statutory auditors.

Article L822-15

Subject to the provisions of Article L. 823-12 and specific legislative provisions, statutory auditors, as well as their employees and experts, are bound by professional secrecy with regard to facts,…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Common provisions.

Article R214-111

…sk on a single counterparty resulting from the financial futures contracts mentioned in articles D. 214-113 and R. 214-114 and from the temporary purchases and sales of securities mentioned in article…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Continuous paediatric monitoring.

Article D6124-120

…unit but does have a paediatric continuous monitoring unit, the medical responsibility of this unit may be shared with that of the paediatric, neonatology or paediatric emergency department. Where the…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Exemption

Article 1594 I ter

The departmental councils of the overseas departments may, by deliberation, exempt from land registration tax or registration duty transfers of co-ownership shares in classified hotels, tourist reside…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Advertising aimed at the health professions

Article R5122-11

The verbal presentation of a medicinal product is made by a person mentioned in Article L. 5122-11 and is accompanied by the hand-delivery by that person to the healthcare professional of: 1° The summ…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Transfer of the business.

Article L642-12

…ing of the registrations on the assets included in the assignment, creditors with a right of resale may only exercise it in the event of the disposal of the asset assigned by the assignee.However, the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Acts relating mainly to contracts and agreements connected with economic activity

Article A444-152

Legality checks on the occasion of events affecting the existence of European Companies (numbers 151 and 152 of table 5) give rise, to the collection of the following fees: Service number the service…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Account management

Article L4163-15

…alendar year, the total number of points in his account and the possible uses to which these points may be put. They shall pay the sums representing the points that the worker wishes to allocate to th…

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