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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Admission to psychiatric care by decision of the State representative.

Article L3213-7

…eriously undermines public order, they shall immediately notify the commission mentioned in article L. 3222-5 of this code as well as the representative of the State in the département, who will immed…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK III: Certain forms of sale and exclusivity clauses.

Article L310-5

…s shall be imposed:1° Carrying out a liquidation without the prior declaration mentioned in article L. 310-1 or in disregard of the conditions laid down in that article;2° Carrying out an unpacking sa…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IV: Judicial liquidation and professional recovery.

Article L641-10

…uctions concerned. The liquidator administers the business. Under the conditions set out in article L. 631-17, it may proceed with dismissals. Where applicable, it prepares a disposal plan, takes the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions relating to the implementation of a resolution measure

Article L613-55

…ncluding measures taken in accordance with the business reorganisation plan provided for in Article L. 613-55-8, will make it possible to achieve the objectives of the resolution mentioned in I of Art…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Vocational diplomas and certificates of professional qualification

Article L6113-3

…s and their reference systems, with the exception of higher education diplomas governed by articles L. 613-1,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Groupements de coopération sanitaire.

Article L6133-1

…appropriate, hold the authorisation for the installation of heavy equipment referred to in article L. 6122-1 ; 3° To enable joint interventions by medical and non-medical professionals working in hea…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V : Value added tax compensation fund

Article L1615-6

…out in this I, the flat-rate compensation rate for the expenditure mentioned in 3° of I of Article L. 1615-1 is set at 5.6%.II.-For the beneficiaries of the Value Added Tax Compensation Fund mentione…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: National health data system

Article L1461-1

…stem brings together and makes available :1° Data from the information systems mentioned in article L. 6113-7 of the present code ;2° Data from the national inter-regime health insurance information s…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IX : The Greater Paris Metropolis

Article L5219-8

Par dérogation à l'article L. 5217-12, the Greater Paris metropolitan area benefits from a global operating grant equal to the sum of the following two components:1° An inter-municipality grant, calcu…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Enforcement of the vendor's lien and pledge of the business and purging of registered debts.

Article L143-15

…ontract, those of notifications, those of registration and advertising provided for by the articles L. 141-6 à L. 141-18, and, to whom it may concern, those made to achieve resale. Article L. 143-9 is…

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