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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: The Management Board and the Supervisory Board.

Article R225-58

The statutory auditors' report, provided for in the third paragraph of Article L. 225-88, contains:1° A list of the agreements and commitments subject to approval by the General Meeting;2° The names o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Entry on the roll of the order

Article R4311-52

Articles R. 4112-1 to R. 4112-6-1 apply to nurses, with the exception of 3° of article R. 4112-1, which is replaced by the following provisions: 3° A copy, accompanied, where applicable, by a translat…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Scope of collective bargaining

Article L3121-51

…nt or, failing that, a branch agreement or convention may: 1° Specify the limits and procedures for carrying over hours from one week to another when a system of individualised working hours is set up…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Industrial tribunal members

Article D1423-56

A salaried labour tribunal member who performs one of the activities listed in article R. 1423-55 receives an allowance for his or her shifts, the hourly rate of which is set at 8.40 euros in the foll…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Resources and expenditure of the social and economic committee

Article R2312-51

…ivities may be transferred to the operating budget or to associations in accordance with article L. 2312-84, up to a limit of 10% of this surplus. This sum and the arrangements for its use are recorde…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Dispensing on the basis of a prescription in non-proprietary names.

Article R5125-55

Without prejudice to the provisions of Articles R. 5132-4 and R. 5132-29, a prescription expressed as a non-proprietary name pursuant to Article L. 5125-23 and as defined in Article R. 5121-1 must inc…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Dispensing on the basis of a prescription in non-proprietary names.

Article R5125-56

…pharmacist dispenses a medicinal product complying with the information provided for in article R. 5125-55. However, the immediate-release oral pharmaceutical form of the medicinal product dispensed…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Professional organisation

Article R821-59

…nt of one or more members and to the extent necessary to achieve a quorum, the Regional Council may call to sit the oldest members of the company in the order of registration on the list and, in the e…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions relating to the operation of people's savings passbook accounts.

Article R221-52

If the account is closed during the year, the interest earned is credited on the day the account is closed.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Administration of establishments in the network of chambers of commerce and industry

Article A712-5

The allowances provided for in the preceding articles may not under any circumstances be accumulated for the same beneficiary.

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