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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Postal cheques and payment cards

Article L774-17

The postal cheque service is managed by the Office des postes et télécommunications.Subject to approval by the Office des postes et télécommunications, any person may open a postal current account.Pos…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Rules for use and hygiene applicable to collective water misting systems

Article R1335-17

…ion to the water supplied to the collective water misting system in order to alter its physico-chemical or microbiological quality, or its olfactory and visual properties, with the exception of produc…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section 2: Actions for annulment

Article 1492

…tuted; or 3° The arbitral tribunal has ruled without complying with the mission entrusted to it; or 4° The principle of contradiction has not been respected ; or 5° The award is contrary to public pol…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Physiotherapists.

Article L4321-17-1

…cil, fulfils, at regional level, the general responsibilities of the Order as defined in article L. 4321-14.It is consulted by the Director General of the Regional Health Agency on issues and projects…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 5: Special provisions for the départements of Bas-Rhin, Haut-Rhin and Moselle

Article A444-177

Deeds and formalities relating to the land register décret n° 2009-1193 du 7 octobre 2009relatif au livre foncier et à son informatisation dans les départements du Bas-Rhin, du Haut-Rhin et de la Mose…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Procedure applicable in the event of a partial transfer of an undertaking or establishment

Article R2421-17

The application for authorisation to transfer provided for in article L. 2421-9 is sent to the labour inspector fifteen days before the date set for the transfer. It shall be sent electronically in ac…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Member of the staff delegation to the social and economic committee and local representative

Article R2421-14

…cial and Economic Committee shall be consulted within ten days of the date of the lay-off. The application for authorisation to dismiss shall be submitted within forty-eight hours of the Social and Ec…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Professional acts.

Article R4311-14

…ce of a doctor, the nurse is authorised, after recognising a situation as an emergency or psychological distress, to implement emergency care protocols, previously written, dated and signed by the doc…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Cooperation between the armed forces health service and other health care providers

Article R6147-143

Armed Forces hospitals and other elements of the Armed Forces Medical Corps may receive personnel from health establishments and centres, public scientific and technological establishments or other re…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Budgets and accounts

Article D3661-17

…ts;2° Presentation of the status of provisions;3° Presentation of the methods used for depreciation;4° Presentation of the balance of financial operations;5° Presentation of the status of charges tran…

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