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French Public procurement codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions specific to certain contracts

Article R2192-17

Where the contract provides for a procedure to verify the conformity of the services, it may provide that the payment period shall run from the date on which such conformity is established, if this da…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 9: Special provisions for forestry savings companies governed by Article L. 214-121.

Article R214-171

A société d'épargne forestière may merge with another société d'épargne forestière or with a groupement forestier managing an estate whose forests are subject to approved simple management plans. Howe…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Publication of notices relating to the European Company

Article R123-171-1

…e registration and deletion of a European Company, shall be drawn up and sent, by the Registrar who carries out such registration and deletion, to the authority responsible for the Official Journal of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Advertising.

Article L5122-16

…s for applying article L. 5122-9 ; 3° The conditions under which free samples of medicinal products may be given to the persons mentioned in the first paragraph of article L. 5122-10; 4° (Repealed) ;…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Implementing provisions.

Article L5132-16

Subject to the provisions of Article L. 5132-17, a decree in the Conseil d'Etat shall determine the conditions for the application of this chapter, in particular the conditions for the performance, mo…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Termination by mutual agreement under a collective agreement

Article L1237-17

…tive agreement on forward-looking management of jobs and skills or a collective severance agreement may define the terms and conditions for the mutually agreed termination of the employment contract b…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Obligations of taxpayers

Article 1649 AE

I.-1° The intermediary referred to in Article 1649 AD is any person who designs, markets or organises a cross-border device that must be declared, makes it available for the purposes of its implementa…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Common provisions

Article R4341-17

…e, as Chairman ;2° The Director General of the Regional Health Agency or his representative;3° The academic regional rector or his representative;4° A doctor ;5° Two salaried speech and language thera…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Holders

Article L224-17

…mployees of the company are entitled to benefit from its provisions. However, a seniority condition may be required. This may not exceed three months. A collective company pension savings plan may pro…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Special provisions applicable to studies of the performance of devices referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/746 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017

Article L1126-17

The investigator may ask the person taking part in a performance study, at the time he or she gives informed consent, to agree to his or her data being used in subsequent research exclusively for scie…

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