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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Special provisions applicable to studies of the performance of devices referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/746 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017

Article L1126-14

I.-For the duration of the performance study involving an intervention on the patient which is not justified by the patient's usual care and which exposes the patient to risks and constraints which ar…

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

Article L225-88-1

Agreements entered into and authorised during previous financial years, the performance of which continued during the last financial year, are examined each year by the Supervisory Board and communica…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article L4231-8-2

The President of the Regional Council may, by delegation of the Regional Council, be responsible for exercising, on behalf of the region, the pre-emption rights of which it is the holder or delegatee…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Commission responsible for applications for authorisation to practise from successful candidates in knowledge verification tests

Article D4111-8

The commission for authorisation to practise, which reports to the Director General of the Centre National de Gestion, assesses each candidate's competence in the profession and, where applicable, in…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Jurisdiction of Disciplinary Boards of First Instance

Article R4126-8

The competent Disciplinary Chamber of first instance is the one within whose jurisdiction the practitioner or professional partnership being sued is entered on the roll at the date the matter is broug…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Terms and conditions of self-employed practice.

Article R4322-88

The chiropodist or any practice partnership must not set up in the building where a colleague is practising, nor in a professional residence left by a colleague within twelve months of his departure,…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter X: Information for employees in the event of the sale of their company

Article L23-10-8

At their request, employees may be assisted by a representative of the regional chamber of commerce and industry, the regional chamber of agriculture, the regional chamber of trades and crafts territo…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Commission du contentieux du stationnement payant (Pay parking disputes commission)

Article L2333-87-4

…payant are handed down by the chairman of the commission or by a magistrate appointed by him, who rules alone. The chairman of the commission or the magistrate designated by him may, where the questio…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions relating to Saint-Martin and Saint-Barthélemy

Article R6523-2-16-1

For the application of articles R. 6331-52 and R. 6332-72 to Saint-Martin and Saint-Barthélemy, the words: "the body mentioned in article L. 225-1-1" are replaced respectively by the words: "the body…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Rules governing the devolution of surnames and customary names

Article 311-24-2

Any person of legal age may use one of the names provided for in the first and last paragraphs of article 311-21. With regard to minor children, this option is exercised by both parents exercising par…

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