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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 6: Suspension, prohibition and termination of research.

Article R1123-67

Within one year of the end of the research involving the human person or its interruption, a final report is drawn up and signed by the sponsor and the investigator, and in the case of multicentre res…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Deposits required from legal entities whose registered office is on French territory.

Article R123-107

The filing provided for in the first paragraph of article R. 123-105 includes for joint-stock companies and non-trading companies formed by public offering: 1° A copy of the minutes of the general mee…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Provisions specific to various commercial companies.

Article R224-2

In addition to the information listed in article L. 210-2, and without prejudice to any other useful provisions, the company's articles of association shall contain the following information:

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VIII: Transferable securities issued by joint stock companies.

Article R228-79

In the case provided for in Article L. 228-72, the decision of the board of directors, the management board or the legal representative of the company to overrule the refusal of approval by the genera…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VIII: Transferable securities issued by joint stock companies.

Article R228-90

Where there are securities giving access to the capital, the company purchasing its shares admitted to trading on a regulated market shall, where the purchase price is higher than the stock market pri…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: The investigating judge: court of first instance

Article D32-1-1

The investigating judge who refers the matter to the liberty and custody judge pursuant to the provisions of the fourth paragraph of Article 137-1 for the purposes of remanding the person under invest…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IIa: Measures aimed at eliminating pay differentials between women and men in the company and ensuring a balanced distribution of each sex among senior executives and members of management bodies

Article D1142-5

The indicators defined in articles D. 1142-2 and D. 1142-2-1, as well as the level of results mentioned in article D. 1142-3, are made available to the Social and Economic Committee, at the intervals…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Obligations of the recipient organisation

Article R1221-18

On the basis of the data in the pre-employment declaration sent to it by the body referred to in Article R. 1221-3, the Caisse nationale d'assurance vieillesse des travailleurs salariés (National Old-…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
2. Steering Committee

Article R1142-49

The Board meets at least twice a year and is convened by its Chairman. The Board may be convened as of right at the request of at least one third of its members. If, in the context of compensation for…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Distribution and supply of labile blood products.

Article R1222-24

I.-The function of transfusion counselling consists of assisting in the choice of transfusion therapy, including the choice of use of labile blood products, the prescription of labile blood products,…

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