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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Prevention engineers.

Article L8123-4

…l directorates for companies, competition, consumption, labour and employment, when providing technical support to the labour inspection officers mentioned in article L. 8112-1 in their inspections, i…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 5: Special cases

Article 695-46

…any act prior to the surrender and different from the offence which prompted the surrender. In both cases, a record of the statements made by the person surrendered shall also be transmitted by the co…

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French Commercial codeIn force
ANNEX 1-4 (ANNEX TO ARTICLE A. 131-1)

Article Annexe 1-4

…er of the company, Position held : Declare that they are aware of the provisions of article L. 131-14 du code de commerce, under the terms of which: "In order for a legal entity to be registered on th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
APPENDIX 4-3 (APPENDIX TO ARTICLE A. 462-1)

Article Annexe 4-3

Uniform instrument for requests based on Articles 25 and 26 of Directive 2019/1 ☐ Request for notification of preliminary objections and other documents pursuant to Art. 25 of Directive 2019/1/ EU ☐ A…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Rules applicable to authorised establishments and organisations

Article R4211-42-1

…d therapy medicinal products prepared on an ad hoc basis ensure that all preparation operations are carried out in accordance with the information provided by the sponsor in the application for author…

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French Commercial codeIn force
APPENDIX 8-4 (APPENDIX TO ARTICLE A. 814-3)

Article Annexe 8-4

REGULATION SETTING THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS APPLICABLE TO ELECTIONS OF JUDICIAL DIRECTORS AND JUDICIAL AGENTS TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE GUARANTEE FUND ESTABLISHED IN ARTICLE L. 814-3 ELECTIONS…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Special provisions for external radiotherapy and brachytherapy

Article R6123-93-4

I.-When the holder of an external radiotherapy authorisation carries out treatments under stereotactic conditions, it must have at least two particle machines, at least one of which must be capable of…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Commitments giving rise to a diversification provision

Article A134-4

The conversion referred to in article R. 134-4 may only be carried out every five years and on condition that, after the conversion, the difference between the amount of the diversification provision…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Presentation and payment

Article L131-40

If a cheque is lost, the person to whom it belongs may pursue payment from a second, third, fourth, etc. cheque. If the person who lost the cheque cannot represent the second, third, fourth, etc., he…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions relating to Mayotte

Article L1524-4

For the application in Mayotte of article L. 1225-28, the words: "defined in the first paragraph of article L. 331-6 of the Social Security Code" are replaced by the words: "either between the birth o…

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