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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Health Agency for Guadeloupe, Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Martin

Article L1442-5

…gency for Guadeloupe, Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Martin at the level of these local authorities and may cover the territorial jurisdiction of the agency, or be smaller or larger than it. They are defi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Mutual assistance for the purposes of hearings, surveillance or infiltration

Article 694-5

…nternational agreement prevents this. The questioning or confrontation of a person being prosecuted may only be carried out with his or her consent. The provisions of articles 434-13 and 434-15-1 of t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rules governing the practice of the profession

Article L4371-5

…or each département by the department or body designated for this purpose and made public.No person may practise the profession of dietician unless his or her diploma, certificate, title or authorisat…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Conditions of liability

Article L481-5

…titive practice, or purchased goods or used services derived from or containing them. The defendant may, however, demonstrate that the additional cost was not passed on to the indirect purchaser or wa…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Paragraph 2: Refusal and withdrawal of the temporary residence permit bearing the wording "ICT trainee" or "ICT mobile trainee".

Article R421-56

…mporary residence permit bearing the wording "ICT mobile trainee" provided for in article L. 421-31 may be refused in the following situations: 1° The employer, establishment or host company has been…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Operation of Livret A passbook accounts.

Article R221-5

…An order by the Minister for the Economy sets out the list of transactions that credit institutions may authorise, in addition to the transactions mentioned in I, from or to the same Livret A passbook…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Local savings companies.

Article R512-51

…institution to which these companies are affiliated are elected by a single college made up of the mayors, the chairmen of the EPCIs with their own tax status, the chairmen of the departmental counci…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 7: Access by employers' groups to public aid for employment and vocational training for member companies

Article D1253-50

The aid referred to in article L. 1253-24 that may be granted to the employers' group in respect of the companies that are members of the employers' group is direct financial aid and reductions and ex…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Appointment of a provisional administrator.

Article R811-58

…ercise the judicial mandates entrusted to the prevented judicial administrator. No judicial mandate may be entrusted to a judicial administrator who is unable to perform his duties due to the effect o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Practice of the profession

Article R4312-56

…s membership of an approved association as provided for in article 371M of the General Tax Code. It may also mention his titles, diplomas and functions when they have been recognised by the national c…

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