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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Departmental committee for psychiatric care.

Article L3223-2

…3-1, they are bound by professional secrecy under the conditions set out in articles 226-13 and 226-14 of the French Criminal Code.The commission appoints its chairman from among its members, under co…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Physiotherapists.

Article L4321-18

…supervision of the Conseil national, the general powers of the ordre, as listed in article L. 4321-14. It decides on entries on the roll. It authorises the President of the Association to institute l…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Judgment of compulsory liquidation.

Article L641-12

…quidation judgment, under the conditions set out in the third to fifth paragraphs of Article L. 622-14. The liquidator may assign the lease under the conditions set out in the contract entered into wi…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Organisation and operation

Article R823-7

…lusion of international administrative arrangements;13° The establishment's annual activity report; 14° The action to be taken on the results of the laboratory's work in areas of particular interest t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Quarantine and isolation measures

Article R3131-24

…22 are applicable during the period in which the quarantine or isolation measure is extended beyond 14 days.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Practice of the profession by the company.

Article R822-63

…company, where applicable in accordance with the approval procedure provided for in Articles L. 223-14 and L. 228-24. If no sale has taken place by the end of this period, the Company has six months t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: National protocols

Article L4011-3

…e following provisions: 1° Articles L. 162-5, L. 162-9, L. 162-11, L. 162-12-2, L. 162-12-9, L. 162-14, L. 162-14-1 and L. 162-32-1 of the Social Security Code and Article L. 2112-7 of this Code, inso…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction of French courts

Article 689-7

For the application of the Protocol for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts of Violence at Airports Serving International Civil Aviation, done at Montreal on 24 February 1988, supplementary to the Conven…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Seniority requirements

Article L3342-1

All employees of a company included in the scope of profit-sharing agreements or employee savings plans benefit from their provisions. However, a condition of seniority in the company or in the group…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Offences relating to currency

Article R732-16

I. - Subject to the adaptations provided for in II, the provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in New Caledonia, in the wording indicated in the ri…

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