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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 9: Communication to the Agency of information covered by medical or industrial secrecy

Article R1413-39

In order to guarantee the confidentiality and security of the transmission of the individual data mentioned in articles L. 1413-6 and L. 1413-7, the provisions of articles R. 1413-34 to R. 1413-36 are…

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

Article R233-16-2

For the purposes of preparing the income tax report referred to in Article L. 233-28-1, where the consolidating company and one of the controlled companies included in the consolidation, in accordance…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R5151-3

The purpose of the information system for the personal activity account is to enable: 1° Consultation by the account holder and use, in the personal activity account, of the rights registered or menti…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Paragraph 2: Procedure for notifying mobility

Article R421-31

The Minister responsible for immigration may withdraw the authorisation to work in France provided for in article L. 421-15 for one of the following reasons:1° The foreign national no longer has valid…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Tasks.

Article R4643-3

In order to fulfil its mission, the Organisme professionnel de prévention du bâtiment et des travaux publics : 1° Participates in monitoring occupational risks; 2° Conducts studies relating to working…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Board of Directors.

Article R4642-3

I.-The Agence nationale pour l'amélioration des conditions de travail is administered by a Board of Directors and managed by a Chief Executive Officer. The Board of Directors comprises : 1° Eleven emp…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Conditions of access and practice

Article R548-3

Natural persons who direct or manage an intermediary in participative financing must provide evidence of professional skills resulting from :1° Either a level I or II diploma attesting to higher educa…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VII: Transitional provisions relating to the solvency margin.

Article R334-32

The undertakings referred to in Article R. 310-10-1, authorised on 4 July 1993 to conduct one or more of the classes of business referred to in Article R. 321-1 within the territory of the French Repu…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Suspension, withdrawal from the lists and prohibition on inclusion on the lists

Article R221-15-2

When an athlete has been the subject of a disciplinary decision relating to the fight against doping and this decision has not become final, the Minister responsible for sport may, as a precautionary…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Freedom of establishment

Article R4362-3

The commission examines the knowledge, skills and competencies acquired during the person's initial training, professional experience and lifelong learning which have been validated by a competent bod…

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