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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Formation of the company

Article L4041-2

…n article L. 1411-11 and, where applicable, secondary care activities as defined in article L. 1411-12 as well as other activities contributing to the implementation of the healthcare project;b) The c…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Operating conditions.

Article L811-7-1-A

The court-appointed administrator may practise his profession within the framework of a société pluri-professionnelle d'exercice, provided for in Title IV bis of Law no. 90-1258 of 31 December 1990 re…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Miscellaneous provisions.

Article L814-10

…rovided for in the second paragraph of Article L. 811-2 or the first paragraph of II of Article L. 812-2, are placed under the supervision of the Public Prosecutor and are subject, in their profession…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Definitions and scope of application

Article L6211-3

…health professionals or certain categories of persons listed by a decree of the Minister for Health may carry out the tests, collections and processing of biological signals set by a decree published…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 9: Obligations where there is a high risk of money laundering or terrorist financing

Article R561-20-3

…of the contract; 2° They shall reinforce the due diligence measures provided for in Article R. 561-12-1.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Remuneration

Article D2242-13

…by the recipient, within four months of the date on which the breach referred to in Article D. 2242-12 is established. It shall inform the employer of the maximum rate of penalty incurred for each yea…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Appeal procedures

Article R3211-20

…tor requests that his appeal be declared suspensive under the conditions defined by article L. 3211-12-4, he shall notify the statement of appeal, together with his reasoned request, without delay and…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1a: Financing of the insurance allowance

Article D5422-4-1

…below, designated and authorised by the authority responsible for these administrations and bodies, may access the data in the processing mentioned in I of article D. 5422-4, within the limits strictl…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Sole traders with limited liability

Article L526-17

I. - The individual entrepreneur with limited liability may sell for valuable consideration, transfer free of charge inter vivos or contribute to a company the entirety of his earmarked assets and tra…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER VI : Conurbation community

Article L5216-4

…I of Part Two relating to the conditions for exercising municipal mandates, excluding articles L. 2123-18-1, L. 2123-18-3 et L. 2123-22, are applicable to members of the community council subject to…

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