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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions required to practise as an orthopaedic technician

Article D4364-9

The following may practise the profession of ocularist or epithesist: 1° Holders of the French State diploma for ocularists or the French State diploma for epithesists mentioned in article D. 4364-7 ;…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Advertising aimed at the health professions

Article R5122-9

…s and used in advertising must be faithfully reproduced and the exact source specified. Advertising may not mention the position taken on a medicinal product by an administrative authority or an advis…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Holiday pay

Article R7213-9

The allowance corresponding to the leave provided for in article L. 3141-3 may not be less than one tenth of the total remuneration received by the person concerned during the reference period, nor le…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Disciplinary proceedings before the Enforcement Committee

Article R232-98

…residing in Guadeloupe, French Guyana, Martinique, Reunion Island, Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin, Mayotte, Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, French Polynesia, the Wallis and Futuna Islands, New Caledonia an…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter I: Unit-linked life assurance or capitalisation contracts.

Article R131-9

…ndertaking for collective investment is determined more than once a week, the insurance undertaking may derogate from the preceding paragraph for a period not exceeding the period during which redempt…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 8: Matrimonial brokerage contracts

Article L224-93

…e number. Where several advertisements are distributed by the same professional, his or her address may appear only once, provided that it is perfectly apparent.Each advertisement specifies the sex, a…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Commencement of proceedings.

Article L621-9

…volved are protected. When the appointment of a technician is necessary, only the official receiver may do so with a view to a mission that he determines, without prejudice to the court's option under…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Employee inventions

Article R611-9

…des proof that it has been received by the other party. The declaration provided for in Article R. 611-1 may result from the transmission by the National Institute of Industrial Property to the employ…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection I: Ordinary procedure.

Article 910-4

…lity, raised ex officio, the parties must submit, as early as the submissions mentioned in articles 905-2 and 908 to 910, all their claims on the merits. Inadmissibility may also be invoked by the par…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Regional cooperation

Article L7153-9

The Assembly of French Guyana may use local semi-public companies and semi-public companies governed by the loi n° 46-860 du 30 avril 1946 tendant à l'établissement, au financement et à l'exécution de…

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