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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Duties towards colleagues

Article R4312-82

Nurses are prohibited from engaging in all forms of unfair competition and, in particular, all forms of competition, commission, fee-splitting and customer misappropriation, subject to the provisions…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Operation

Article L23-114-1

The employer shall allow the employee member of the regional cross-industry joint committee the time required to carry out his duties, up to a limit which, save in exceptional circumstances, may not e…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Criteria and procedures for funding the professional transition project

Article R6323-14-2

…t are satisfied in the order in which they are received. However, the regional cross-industry joint committees are entitled to determine certain categories of priority actions and target groups when t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 bis A

1. Companies operating either a daily newspaper, or a publication with a monthly frequency at most devoted for the most part to political and general information, or an online press service recognised…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The Board of Directors of the Executive Board.

Article L225-40

…person directly or indirectly interested in the agreement must inform the Board as soon as he/she becomes aware of an agreement to which article L. 225-38 is applicable. It may not take part in the de…

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

Article L225-88

…irectly interested in the agreement is required to inform the Supervisory Board as soon as he/she becomes aware of an agreement to which Article L. 225-86 is applicable. If it sits on the Supervisory…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter IIa: Operational reserve of the customs administration

Article 52 bis

…period as reserve customs officers. Volunteers in the operational reserve are admitted as reservist reporting officers, reservist senior reporting officers, reservist inspectors, reservist senior insp…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General principles

Article L1111-8-2

…vices carrying out preventive, diagnostic or care activities and medico-social establishments shall report significant or serious information system security incidents without delay to the competent S…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Classification.

Article D324-4

…classification visit has a period of one month from the date on which the visit to the furnished accommodation was completed to provide the owner or his representative with the visit certificate, whi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Shareholders' meetings

Article L22-10-37

…5-102-3 whose equity or debt securities are admitted to trading on a regulated market publish their report on payments made to the authorities of each of the States or territories in which they carry…

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