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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rules governing the practice of the profession

Article L4311-8

Nurses may use their evidence of formal qualifications in the language of the State which issued them. He or she must indicate the place and establishment where he or she obtained it. Where the eviden…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Investments

Article R385-15

Where supplementary occupational pension funds use references to credit ratings issued by credit rating agencies within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 1060/2009 of the European P…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Public billing portal

Article R2192-3

…ntification of the issuer, data integrity, security, confidentiality and traceability of exchanges. Use of the public billing portal is exclusive of any other method of transmission. When an invoice i…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Principles.

Article L4311-1

…ble or transferred for any purpose whatsoever is designed and constructed so that its installation, use, adjustment and maintenance, under conditions consistent with its intended purpose, do not expos…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5121-9-2

…triction imposed by the competent authority of any country in which the medicinal product for human use is marketed and of any other new information likely to influence the evaluation of the benefits…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Criminal provisions.

Article L6125-2

The use of the name "home hospital care establishment" in its title, articles of association, contracts, documents or advertising is reserved for holders of a healthcare activity authorisation referre…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Access to the digital health space and rights of the holder

Article R1111-35

…tal health space exercises his right of access to the data contained in this space either directly, using his own means of identification, or via the health insurance organisation to which he is attac…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Determination of rental value.

Article R145-7

…in articles R. 145-3 to R. 145-6. In the absence of equivalence, they may, by way of indication, be used to determine the base prices, unless they are corrected in consideration of the differences not…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Investment rules.

Article R214-32-40

…rogation from I, a general-purpose investment fund may borrow provided that such borrowings :1° Are used on a temporary basis and represent a maximum of 10% of its assets ;2° are used to acquire prope…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions.

Article L8271-5-1

…ferred to in Article L. 767-1 of the Social Security Code any information and documents that may be useful in the performance by the latter of the duties entrusted to this body for the application of…

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