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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Status of the armed forces blood transfusion centre

Article R1222-59

…regulatory requirements applicable to it, as well as the elements mentioned in article L. 1222-11, may result in the modification or temporary or permanent withdrawal of the approval provided for in…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Representation of the professions to the public authorities.

Article R814-5

The National Council of Judicial Administrators and Judicial Representatives is composed of sixteen members, eight members representing judicial administrators and eight members representing judicial…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Appointment, challenge and dismissal of statutory auditors.

Article R823-5

…made and decided in accordance with the rules applicable to the procedure provided for in article 905 of the Code of Civil Procedure or to the fixed day procedure.When the statutory auditor is relieve…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Conseil national d'orientation des conditions de travail (National Council for the Orientation of Working Conditions)

Article R4641-5

…mittees. Within this framework, it organises the monitoring of statistics on working conditions and may carry out any study relating to working conditions; 3° Participates in the coordination of the p…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Reimbursement of transport costs

Article R6341-51

In the case of training courses involving a distance from the trainee's usual place of residence, the trainees concerned are entitled, in order to enable them to return periodically, to reimbursement…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: Automatic provisional enforcement

Article 514-2

Without prejudice to the provisions of Article 514-3, provisional enforcement by operation of law may only be set aside by the decision in question.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Compensation for victims of acts of terrorism and other offences.

Article L422-5

The guarantee fund may appeal against decisions made by the commission set up byarticle 706-4 of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 3: Collection of user payments

Article L2232-5

The purchaser may authorise the holder to collect, in his name and on his behalf, payment from the user for services provided under the contract.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 696-51

In application of 7° of Article 696-50, the obligations listed in Article 138 may also be followed in France, under the same conditions.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Clearing houses

Article L440-5

Clearing houses may decide, on a non-discriminatory basis, that their members are del credere agents in relation to the principals whose accounts they keep.

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