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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Procedure for drawing up a national protocol

Article D4011-3

The National Committee identifies and prioritises, taking into account national healthcare needs and access to care, the deployment of new methods of patient care or transfers of activities, care or p…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Single chapter

Article L141-3

…xamines applications for registration from the persons referred to in Articles L. 211-1 to L. 211-6 and, after checking that they have complied with the obligations imposed on them, registers them in…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Economats.

Article L148-3

…hments belonging to companies whose capital is owned in the majority by active or retired employees and whose general meetings are statutorily composed in the majority of the same persons.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Criminal penalties

Article L242-33

The fact that a professional, on the pretext of presenting candidates for marriage or a stable union, brings together or causes to communicate persons, one of whom is remunerated by him, or is placed,…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Role of doping prevention medical units

Article D232-3

…prevention medical unit.At the end of this consultation, a personal certificate conforming to the standard model reproduced in appendix II-1-1 is given to the athlete concerned by the centre's doctor…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: General provisions applicable to joint stock companies.

Article R224-3

…the implementation of the provisions of article L. 224-3, the transformation auditors are appointed and carry out their mission under the conditions set out in article R. 22-10-7.The transformation au…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Status of statutory auditors

Article R822-34

A professional practice standard may simplify the requirements provided for in Article R. 822-33 for the certification of the accounts of small undertakings, within the meaning of Article 3(2) of Dire…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VII: Provisions adapting Book VII.

Article R927-3

…lowing provisions: "The study describes the distribution of members between professional categories and, where applicable, between professional sub-categories. It is based on the following data: " 1°…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L2223-3

…4° French nationals established outside France who do not have a family burial plot in the commune and who are registered or meet the conditions for being registered on the commune's electoral roll i…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Common provisions.

Article L1545-3

Articles L. 1421-1, L. 1421-2 first paragraph, L. 1421-2-1, L. 1421-3 and L. 1427-1, in the version resulting from Ordinance No. 2013-1183 of 19 December 2013 on the harmonisation of criminal and fina…

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