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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Sale and transfer of shares.

Article R6223-26

I.-Unless otherwise provided for in the Articles of Association, shares in the company may be freely transferred between members, in accordance witharticle 20 of law no. 66-879 of 29 November 1966. II…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Scientific Council and expert committees

Article R1313-25

…ts of members of the specialised scientific committees provided for by Decree no. 98-695 of 30 July 1998, amended by Decree no. 99-242 of 26 March 1999, relating to the special status of the bodies of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Tasks and procedures for designating reference medical biology laboratories

Article D6211-21

…ry provided for in Book II of Part Six or that does not apply the obligations of its specifications may be removed from the list of reference medical biology laboratories. After receiving the opinion…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: Agents

Article L523-5

For the purposes of Article L. 511-33, I of Article L. 522-19, Article L. 526-35, the last paragraph of Article L. 571-4 and Article L. 572-7, agents are treated in the same way as persons employed by…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Professional capacity and training (R).

Article R2223-52

…icipating in the conclusion or performance of any of the funeral services listed in Article L. 2223-19 do not have to provide proof of the professional training provided for in this subparagraph.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 3: Residence permit commission

Article L432-13

…When it is considering withdrawing the residence permit in the case provided for in Article L. 423-19;4° In the case provided for in Article L. 435-1.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 6: Safeguard, reorganisation and compulsory winding-up proceedings

Article L2312-53

…edings, in the situations and under the conditions set out in Articles L. 631-17, L. 631-18, L. 631-19 and L. 631-22 of the French Commercial Code; 4° During compulsory liquidation proceedings, in the…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: Prohibited commercial practices

Article R121-1

In the event that the premiums mentioned in article L. 121-19 are made up of objects distributed with the aim of meeting environmental requirements, these objects are fully recyclable, whether they ar…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Exemptions and allowances

Article 1456

…s of association and operation are recognised as complying with the provisions of law no. 78-763 of 19 July 1978 on the status of production cooperative companies. Excluded from the benefit of this ex…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Administrative detention

Article R752-5

A foreign national placed in administrative detention pursuant to article L. 752-2 may, independently of the examination of their state of vulnerability by the administrative authority when they are p…

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