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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Technical and accounting rules.

Article R*441-13

The collective operations defined in article R. 441-4 give rise to the conclusion of agreements between the insurance undertaking and an intermediary within the meaning of article L. 511-1, acting on…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Designation of judicial environmental officers

Article R15-33-29-23

…re appointed from among the persons mentioned in the first and third paragraphs of Article R. 15-33-29-21, by joint order of the Minister of Justice and the Minister for the Environment, on a proposal…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article R5121-138-4

The safety features may only be replaced by equivalent safety features in order to verify the authenticity, identify and provide proof of unlawful handling of the medicinal product. This replacement i…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Conditions specific to the "oncological surgery" modality

Article D6124-132-4

…ical oncology with designation A ensures that the minimum annual activity mentioned in article R. 6123-91-4 is respected on the site throughout the authorisation period. If necessary, an organisation…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Open-ended inclusion contracts

Article D5132-43-13

An integration workshop or site may enter into open-ended contracts as referred to in article D. 5132-43-5, up to a limit of 20% of the number of full-time integration workstations set out in the agre…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Collective coordination procedure

Article L694-4

…pension of the insolvency proceedings submitted by the coordinator pursuant to e of 2 of Article 72 may be appealed by the debtor, the administrator, the judicial representative, the coordinator and t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Collective coordination procedure

Article R694-4

The court shall rule on the application to dismiss the coordinator in chambers after having heard or given the opportunity to be heard the debtor, the coordinator, the insolvency practitioners concern…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Commissions responsible for applications for authorisation to practise by doctors with hospital and university qualifications

Article D4111-13-4

The commission for authorisation to practise provided for in article D. 4111-13-3 has the same composition as that mentioned in article D. 4111-13-2. It also includes the President of the Conference o…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Authorisation of judicial environmental officers

Article R15-33-29-24

…ent to which the judicial environmental officer belongs is located. Judicial environmental officers may not effectively exercise the powers attached to this status or rely on it unless they are assign…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Dissolution and liquidation of the company

Article R5125-24-13

…es where the company is registered, for inclusion in the file opened in the name of the company. He may not take up his duties until the aforementioned formalities have been completed.

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