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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Company accounts

Article L232-20

The request for payment of the dividend in shares, accompanied, where applicable, by the payment provided for in the second paragraph of article L. 232-19 must be carried out within a period set by th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IIIb: Medical regulation assistants

Article L4393-21

The competent authority may, after obtaining the opinion of a commission composed in particular of professionals, individually authorise to practise the profession of medical regulation assistant nati…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Financial penalties imposed by the Regional Health Agency

Article L5472-2

I. - In the event of a breach of the provisions of 9° of Article L. 5424-4, the Director General of the regional health agency with territorial jurisdiction may, after giving formal notice, except in…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Public limited companies.

Article L225-245

The conversion to a general partnership requires the agreement of all the partners. In this case, the conditions set out in articles L. 225-243 and the first paragraph of article L. 225-244 are not re…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER VII: Terms and conditions of office

Article L7227-21

The maximum functional allowance voted by the Assembly of Martinique for the actual performance of the duties of President of the Executive Council is determined by applying the rate of 145% to the re…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER VII: Terms and conditions of office

Article L7227-20

The maximum functional allowance voted by the Assembly of Martinique for the actual performance of the duties of President of the Assembly of Martinique is determined by applying the rate of 145% to t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Medical applications

Article L1333-21

Beneficiaries of registrations made or authorisations granted in application of article L. 1333-8 remain subject, where applicable, to the special regulations governing poisonous substances.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Supplementary provisions

Article L2312-23

In the absence of an agreement as provided for in Article L. 2312-21, the economic, social and environmental database is set up under the conditions defined in sub-paragraph 4.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Criminal provisions.

Article L4212-2

Dispensing gases for medical use at home without being authorised to do so under the provisions of article L. 4211-5 is punishable by a fine of €3,750.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Access to non-identifying data and the identity of the third-party donor

Article L2143-2

Any person conceived by medically assisted procreation with a third party donor may, if they so wish, have access at the age of majority to the identity and non-identifying data of the third party don…

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