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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 6: Miscellaneous provisions

Article R6153-1-24

Junior doctors authorised to practise medicine, pharmacy or dentistry as locums in a private health establishment are recruited under a private law contract and are subject to the provisions of the Fr…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Subsidiaries, holdings and controlled companies.

Article R233-15

Subject to providing proof in the schedule provided for in Article L. 123-12, the companies mentioned in 1° of Article L. 233-17 are exempt from the obligation to draw up consolidated accounts and a r…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope and definitions

Article R5124-15

The suspension, which may not exceed one year, and the withdrawal of the authorisation to open, provided for in article L. 5124-3, are decided by the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécuri…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Provisions relating to the special grant for school construction and equipment

Article D2564-15

…of the grant, the operation for which it was awarded has not begun to be carried out, the Prefect will declare that the decision to award the grant has lapsed. For operations that can be carried out i…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Financial provisions.

Article D2513-15

The limits within which, pursuant to article L. 2513-4, a supplement for risks may be allocated to marine firefighters belonging to the Marseille marine firefighters battalion, are set by a decree iss…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions of access and practice

Article R519-15

Any person referred to in I and III of article R. 519-4 shall ensure that its staff meet the conditions of professional competence set out in articles R. 519-8, R. 519-9 and R. 519-10 and applicable t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Investment rules.

Article R214-32-24-1

I. - When an eligible financial security or money market instrument referred to in article L. 214-24-55 includes a financial contract that simultaneously meets the three conditions mentioned below, th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Authorisation of judicial environmental officers

Article R15-33-29-24

For each judicial environmental officer, a request for authorisation is sent, on the proposal of the Director General of the French Biodiversity Office, to the Public Prosecutor at the Court of Appeal…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Financial assistance

Article D5134-157

The flat-rate State financial aid referred to in Article L. 5134-108 is paid by the National Agency for Social Cohesion and Equal Opportunities. The agency may entrust the management of this aid to th…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions relating to control by the administrative authority

Article R122-15

I. - The commission in charge of the disability exception is placed under the Minister in charge of culture and the Minister in charge of the disabled.It has the following missions:1° To examine and i…

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