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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Care of elderly geriatric patients.

Article R6123-32-8

Elderly patients requiring geriatric care because of their polypathology and risk of dependency are cared for : 1° As a matter of priority, subject to the availability of permanent medical care, by di…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VII: Simplified joint stock companies.

Article L227-9-1

The shareholders may appoint one or more statutory auditors under the conditions provided for in Article L. 227-9.At least one statutory auditor must be appointed by simplified joint stock companies w…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5121-9-4

The holder of a marketing authorisation for a medicinal product shall immediately inform the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé, specifying the reasons, of any action…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R15-35

The natural person or legal entity, depending on whether it wishes to be authorised to carry out personality investigations within the jurisdiction of the judicial court or that of the court of appeal…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Agreement

Article R5132-3

The agreement may be concluded for a maximum period of three years with structures showing prospects of economic viability; it may be renewed under the same procedure. The financial provisions of mult…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions relating to beneficiaries of people's savings passbook accounts.

Article R221-33

For the application of the first two paragraphs of article L. 221-15 relating to a taxpayer's eligibility for the popular savings passbook account : 1° The income ceilings mentioned in the first parag…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Facilities and services managed by the network's establishments under public service delegations.

Article R712-36

1° Establishments in the network may not use the proceeds of taxes of any kind allocated to them or resources from their other activities to ensure the balance of a public service delegation agreement…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 6: Financial guarantee.

Article R211-31

The guarantee is given solely on the proof presented by the creditor to the guarantor organisation establishing that the debt is certain and due and that the travel and tourism operator is in default,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Conditions for issuing authorisations

Article R5139-3

Any technical file accompanying the application for authorisation must include the following information: 1° A list of the persons whom the applicant proposes to authorise to contribute, under his aut…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Applicable procedures.

Article R5211-34

For the purposes of placing medical devices other than active implantable medical devices on the market, with the exception of those undergoing clinical investigations and custom-made devices, the man…

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