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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 4: Validation and controls carried out by the departmental or multidepartmental mutual benefit funds for agriculture (caisses départementales ou pluridépartementales de mutualité sociale agricole)

Article L123-48

…amending entries and deregistrations, are validated, for the natural persons mentioned in article L. 311-2 du code rural et de la pêche maritime, par la caisse départementale ou pluridépartementale…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Formation and performance of the employment contract.

Article L1531-3

Article L. 1226-1 applies to employees of a company or establishment located in mainland France or in Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Mayotte, La Réunion, Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin or Sain…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Judgment on liability

Article L1143-5

…in the costs incurred by the association, including those relating to the implementation of article L. 1143-12. It may order, where it deems it necessary and compatible with the nature of the case, th…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Public billing portal

Article L2192-6

…c establishments in the event of national defence or security imperatives; 2° The Caisse des dépôts et consignations; 3° The public establishment mentioned inArticle L. 2142-1 of the Transport Code; 4…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter III: Group action

Article L623-12

…in the costs incurred by the association, including those relating to the implementation of article L. 623-13. It may order, where it deems it necessary and compatible with the nature of the case, the…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Financial provisions

Article L2563-2

…s of the overseas departments and territories and the territorial units of Mayotte and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon is increased in 1994 by a sum of 30 million francs, taken from the development grant ins…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Support for businesses

Article L5143-1

…and procedures to be followed in a given situation. If the request is sufficiently precise and complete, the document formalising the administration's position can be produced by the company in the ev…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Organisation of hospitals and universities.

Article L6142-3

…ir services as hospital and university centres. The universities and the regional hospital centres retain their legal personality and their respective administrative bodies; they are required to enter…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Title III: Inspections

Article L6231-1

The officers mentioned in Articles L. 1421-1 and L. 1435-7 are competent to inspect medical biology laboratories, the places where medical biology examinations are carried out as provided for in Artic…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: French blood establishment and army blood transfusion centre

Article L1222-11

I.-The geographical and technical areas of activity of the Etablissement Français du Sang are determined by it, in accordance with the provisions relating to the national blood transfusion master plan…

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