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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Prior authorisation

Article R5223-11

In an emergency, the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé may suspend the authorisation of an advertisement for a maximum period of three months.

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Rest homes for women who have recently given birth.

Article D6124-441

The director of the establishment must sign a written agreement with the surgeons, specialists and medical auxiliaries who may be called upon in case of need.

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Liquidation.

Article R6223-54

Except in the event of the company being struck off, the liquidator may be chosen from among the partners. Where there is only one remaining partner, that partner is automatically the liquidator.

AI translation · Updated 30 Oct 2023Open Article
French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Adaptation provisions

Article L2651-2

…to comply with the obligations set out in articles L. 8221-1, L. 8221-3, L. 8221-5, L. 8231-1, L. 8241-1, L. 8251-1 and L. 8251-2 of the Labour Code" are replaced by the words: "for an offence relati…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Adaptation provisions

Article L2681-2

…to comply with the obligations set out in articles L. 8221-1, L. 8221-3, L. 8221-5, L. 8231-1, L. 8241-1, L. 8251-1 and L. 8251-2 of the Labour Code" are replaced by the words: "for an offence relati…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Exemptions and special schemes.

Article 208 D

I.-1. Single-member simplified joint stock companies (sociétés par actions simplifiées), known as "sociétés unipersonnelles d'investissement à risque", owned by a natural person, are exempt from corpo…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Composition and management of the plan.

Article L3332-17-1

I.-Any company that falls underArticle 1 of Law 2014-856 of 31 July 2014 on the social and solidarity economy and meets the following cumulative conditions may apply for "social utility solidarity ent…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Placement and support for jobseekers.

Article L5312-1

…tion 1 of Chapter III of Title II of Book IV of this Part, the allowances mentioned in Article L. 5424-21, the assistance provided for in II of Article 136 of the Finance Act No. 96-1181 of 30 Decembe…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Vehicles used for the transport of corpses before coffining (R).

Article D2223-113

I.-Any person offering for sale a vehicle for transporting a corpse before burial, an insulated body or a cooling system likely to be installed in such a vehicle is required to have a model of the ser…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Application for authorisation.

Article R5121-28

By way of derogation from 2° of Article R. 5121-25, for the medicinal products mentioned in this Article, the dossier attached to the marketing authorisation application is compiled under the followin…

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