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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Financial and budgetary organisation.

Article D6431-56

For other works and equipment operations likely to be included in the master plan, the Board of Directors will deliberate on the basis of a file containing for each operation: 1° The nature and purpos…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Subscription and purchase of shares by employees

Article L22-10-56

…y whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market, the options mentioned in article L. 225-177 may not be granted: 1° During the ten trading sessions preceding the date on which the annual…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Information systems

Article R1413-58-1

…nterest in accordance with the provisions of e of 1. of Article 6 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of 27 April 2016 and for the reasons of public interest mentioned in i of 2 of Article 9 of the same Regul…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: General obligation to provide pre-contractual information

Article D111-5-2

The seller shall provide the consumer with the information mentioned in article D. 111-5-1, free of charge, in a legible and comprehensible manner on a durable medium accompanying the sale. The seller…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Operating conditions

Article R1132-5-2

The implementation of the provisions of Article R. 1132-5-1 is subject to the establishment of an organisational protocol between the qualified medical practitioner in genetics and the genetic counsel…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Control of the profession

Article L821-12-5

…where such information is intended for the performance of their tasks under Regulation (EU) of 16 April 2014. It may request these same authorities to provide it with any information necessary for t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Water and sanitation

Article R2224-5-3

…ation unit and steering committee may be set up by the public person mentioned in article L. 2224-7-5. In the case of an area covered by a water development and management plan, the local water commis…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Classification.

Article D333-5-3

…classification decision in the category for which the assessing body referred to in Article D. 333-5-1 has issued a favourable opinion. The classification decision specifies the number of pitches ope…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: The automated national judicial database for perpetrators of sexual or violent offences

Article 706-53-4

Without prejudice to the application of the provisions of articles 706-53-9 and 706-53-10, the information mentioned in Article 706-53-2 concerning the same person shall be removed from the file on th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Intervention by the administrative authority concerning undertakings subject to the obligation to draw up an employment safeguard plan.

Article L1233-57-3

…lective agreement or in the event of an agreement not covering all of the points mentioned in 1° to 5° of article L. 1233-24-2, the administrative authority shall approve the document drawn up by the…

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