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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Shareholders' meetings.

Article R225-81

All proxy forms sent to shareholders by the company or by the agent it has appointed for this purpose, where applicable by electronic means under the conditions defined in Article R. 225-61 : 1° The a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Distribution and supply of labile blood products

Article R1221-20-1

To be authorised, a blood depot must meet the following conditions: 1° Have an organisation and resources enabling it to carry out its activities in accordance with the procedures defined by order of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Death certificate

Article R2213-1-2

I. - Subject to the exceptions provided for in article R. 2213-1-4, the doctor, student or practitioner who recorded the death shall, as soon as possible, draw up a certificate on an electronic medium…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Agreement

Article R5132-12

The agreement concluded with an intermediary association includes in particular : 1° A presentation of the structure's integration project specifying : a) The general characteristics of the structure…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Examination and conditions of authorisation.

Article R5121-36

The marketing authorisation is granted by the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé. The authorisation includes the national number identifying th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article R6152-4

The job profile drawn up in application of the first paragraph of article R. 6152-6 may stipulate that hospital practitioners, appointed in one establishment, carry out their duties in several establi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Director.

Article D6431-17

In addition to those set out in article L. 6431-10, the Director is responsible for the following tasks: 1° In charge of relations with the supervisory authorities, the Territory's High Administrator…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Agency committee.

Article D6431-24

The appointment to the agency committee of the representatives of the categories of staff is the subject of an agreement between the representative trade union organisations concerned. In the event th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Recognition of European investigation decisions

Article 694-32

The categories of offences for which an investigation decision may not be refused pursuant to 8° of article 694-31 are as follows:

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Housing finance companies

Article L513-29

I. - To achieve their purpose, housing finance companies may:1° Grant loans to any credit institution guaranteed by the remittance, assignment or pledging of the receivables referred to in II, in acco…

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