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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Economic intervention

Article L4424-28

The Corsican regional authority may participate, through the payment of endowments, in the constitution of an investment fund with a private equity company whose purpose is to provide equity capital t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Ethics and prevention of conflicts of interest

Article R1313-28

…among persons recognised for their knowledge and skills in the field of ethics. In the event of a vacancy, they are replaced under the same conditions for the remainder of the term of office of the pe…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Inter-constituency groupings.

Article R711-28

The grouping's bureau comprises a president, a secretary and a treasurer.To take account of local particularities, the missions of the interconsular grouping and the number of chambers making it up, t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Reverse split of shares not admitted to trading on a regulated market.

Article R228-28

…eral meetings of shareholders, relating to the consolidation of shares, provided for in articles L. 228-29-1 and L. 228-29-2, are taken, under the conditions laid down for amending the Articles of Ass…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Authorisation

Article R6322-29

…ery facilities is a health establishment, it may satisfy the obligations mentioned in articles R. 6322-16 to R. 6322-19, R. 6322-27 and R. 6322-28 by the measures it has taken to meet these same oblig…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Formation, amendment and duration of the contract

Article L224-25-5

…nclude at least the following information: 1° The identity and contact details of the professional; 2° The information mentioned in articles L. 111-1, L. 221-5 and, where applicable, L. 221-8 and L. 2…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Organisation and operation

Article R1435-24

The amount of the allocation fixed each year by the decree mentioned in 1° of Article L. 1435-9 is divided between the compulsory basic health insurance schemes in proportion to the amount of health a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Supervision of bodies offering continuing professional development activities

Article R4021-24

…professional development initiatives within the framework of the guidelines defined in Article L. 4021-2 shall submit an application for registration to the National Agency for Continuing Professional…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Voting procedure and election results.

Article L2314-29

…rawn up by the trade union organisations mentioned in the first and second paragraphs of article L. 2314-5. If the number of voters is less than half of the registered voters, a second ballot shall be…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Supplementary provisions

Article L2315-28

In the absence of the agreement provided for in article 2312-19, in undertakings with at least three hundred employees, the social and economic committee meets at least once a month, convened by the e…

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