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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Prosthetists and orthotists for the fitting of appliances to the disabled.

Article L4364-7

When a professional practising one of the professions mentioned in Article L. 4364-1 is issued with an authorisation to practise or a declaration to provide a service, he or she must have the language…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Failure to open secondary insolvency proceedings on the national territory

Article L692-7

…solvency proceedings who proposes to give a commitment pursuant to Article 36 of the aforementioned Regulation (EU) No 2015/848 shall obtain the agreement of all local creditors affected by that commi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Failure to open secondary insolvency proceedings on the national territory

Article R692-7

…n insolvency proceedings shall notify the undertaking he proposes to give pursuant to Article 36 of Regulation (EU) No 2015/848 of 20 May 2015 to the debtor's known local creditors who have an establi…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions specific to subsequent contracts

Article R2362-7

The provisions of articles R. 2162-7 to R. 2162-10 apply.

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE XI: FINANCES OF THE TERRITORIAL COLLECTIVITY OF MARTINIQUE

Article D72-101-18

The statements appended to the budget documents pursuant to article

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Changes in share capital and employee share ownership

Article R22-10-38

The additional insertion of the purchase notice in the Bulletin des annonces légales obligatoires, provided for by Article R. 225-153, is applicable when the company's shares are admitted to trading o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Provisions specific to public limited companies

Article R22-10-20

The additional insertion of the notice of meeting referred to in Article R. 225-67 in the Bulletin des annonces légales obligatoires is applicable to companies whose shares are admitted to trading on…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope and definitions

Article R5124-10-1

The following changes to the authorisation to open a pharmaceutical establishment must be declared, pursuant to the second paragraph of Article L. 5124-3: 1° Change in the corporate name of the compan…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Powers

Article L621-10-2

For the purposes of investigating market abuse as defined by Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on market abuse (Market Abuse Regulation) and re…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Pharmacovigilance notification and reporting

Article R5141-105-2

The company exploiting a veterinary medicinal product may not communicate to the public information on this veterinary medicinal product relating to pharmacovigilance without transmitting it, beforeha…

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