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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Issue.

Article R5132-22

Pharmacists are only authorised to dispense these medicines for the first time on presentation of a prescription less than three months old. List I medicinal products may only be renewed if the prescr…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4 : Participation of medical transport companies in the on-call service for urgent medical transport

Article R6312-22

When drawing up the on-call roster, the most representative departmental emergency medical transport association mentioned in article R. 6312-20 will call on all the approved medical transport compani…

AI translation · Updated 30 Oct 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Demergers

Article L236-22

Where the division is to be carried out by contributions to new companies, each of the new companies may be formed without any contribution other than that of the divided company. In this case, and if…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE XI: FINANCES OF THE TERRITORIAL COLLECTIVITY OF FRENCH GUYANA

Article L71-112-1

The following form part of the revenue collected by the territorial collectivity of French Guiana: 1° The revenue of the departments provided for in titre III du livre III de la troisième partie; 2° L…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Public industrial and commercial services

Article R2224-19-11

The proceeds of sums payable under the third paragraph of Article L. 1331-1 and the articles L. 1331-2, L. 1331-3, L. 1331-6, L. 1331-7, L. 1331-8 and L. 1331-10 of the French Public Health Code is ad…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Mutual and cooperative banks.

Article R512-22

The decisions of the Board of Directors of the Confédération nationale du crédit mutuel shall state the reasons on which they are based and shall specify, where applicable, the conditions and deadline…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: General savings products with specific tax arrangements.

Article D221-113-1

A written contract is signed between the subscriber and one of the bodies mentioned in article L. 221-32-1 when a share savings plan is opened to finance small and medium-sized enterprises and mid-siz…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3rd Subsection: Miscellaneous provisions

Article 223 S

The provisions laid down in this section in the event of a company leaving the group apply when a company in the group ceases to meet the conditions laid down for the application of the regime defined…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE XI: FINANCES OF THE TERRITORIAL COLLECTIVITY OF FRENCH GUYANA

Article D71-112-1

The following provisions shall apply to the territorial collectivity of French Guiana: 1° Le titre III du livre III de la troisième partie relatif aux recettes des départements; 2° Le chapitre III du…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE I: The network of Chambers of Commerce and Industry.

Article L712-11-1

Without prejudice to specific legislative provisions, when a private-law or public-law person takes over all or part of the activity of a chamber of commerce and industry, whatever the legal classific…

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