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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Private equity funds.

Article R214-52

…e year after the overruns occurred; 2° May not hold or commit to subscribing or acquiring more than 20% of the total amount of the securities or rights and contractual subscription commitments of a si…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: The person responsible

Article R1261-15

…acher-researchers working in the establishment or assimilated staff pursuant to article 5 of decree no. 87-31 of 20 January 1987 relating to the National Council of Universities for health disciplines…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Remuneration of the administrator, the administrator responsible for the implementation of the plan, the mandataire judiciaire and the liquidator

Article R663-34

…se.With the exception of the remuneration provided for in Articles R. 663-4 and R. 663-18 to R. 663-20 and authorised advance payments, they are not collected until they have been stopped.The remunera…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Status of commercial court judges

Article R722-8

…case provided for in the first paragraph of Article L. 722-12, the election must take place between 20 October and 10 November preceding the end of the term of office of the current President. The ord…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Drawing up lists of candidates

Article R4031-30

…trade union organisation has been authorised to submit lists, which include a number of candidates 20% higher than the number of members of the assembly of the regional union to be elected, rounded u…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Articles of association, share capital, shares.

Article R4113-35

…ition to the provisions that must be included in the Articles of Association underarticle 11 of law no. 66-879 of 29 November 1966 relating to professional non-trading companies, and those that may be…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Accreditation of the quality of professional practice

Article D4135-2

…care ; 15° Stomatology ; 16° Otolaryngology ; 17° Ophthalmology ; 18° Cardiology ; 19° Radiology ; 20° Gastroenterology ; 21° Pneumology. For the specialties mentioned in 15° to 21°, only doctors car…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Information on tobacco product packaging

Article R3512-26

I. - In addition to the health warnings provided for in Article L. 3512-22 and the warnings relating to the impact on the environment of the abandonment of waste resulting from the consumption of toba…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Practice of the profession.

Article R6223-44

A member who has been convicted of a disciplinary offence which has become final and binding and who has been banned from practising the profession for three months or more, or who has been banned fro…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter IIa: Property wealth tax

Article 964

An annual tax on real estate assets designated as the real estate wealth tax is instituted. The following are subject to this tax, when the value of their assets mentioned in article 965 exceeds €1,30…

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