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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1a: Use of the account for a professional retraining project

Article L4163-8-3

The regional joint inter-professional committees referred to in article L. 6323-17-6 are responsible for examining and providing administrative and financial support for professional retraining projec…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Advertising.

Article L6352-12

When advertising by a training organisation refers to the declaration of activity, it must be in the following form only: "Registered under number... This registration does not constitute State approv…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Coordination of developments in the healthcare system by the regional health agency

Article L6131-4

If the request of the Director General of the Regional Health Agency referred to in 3° of Article L. 6131-2 is not acted upon, the Director General may also order the merger of the public health insti…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Cosmetic surgery

Article L6322-3

The conditions for authorising the facilities referred to in Article L. 6322-1 are set by decree in the Conseil d'Etat. The technical conditions for their operation and the duration of the period prov…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Provisions adapting Book V.

Article L945-8

In II of in Article L. 525-9, the words: "to the lien referred to in Article L. 243-4 of the Social Security Code" are replaced by the words: "to the lien organised in favour of the territory's social…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Publicity and protection of the rights of third parties.

Article R229-11

The objection of a non-bonding creditor, provided for in the sixth paragraph of Article L. 229-2, must be lodged within thirty days of the last publication of the notice referred to in article R. 229-…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Cross-border mergers

Article R236-27

The buyback offer referred to in Article L. 236-40 shall be paid by the company no later than two months after the effective date of the transaction determined in accordance with Article L. 236-44.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Guarantees granted at the end of the term of office

Article L7125-9

At the end of their term of office, the elected representatives referred to in article L. 7125-7 benefit, at their request, from a refresher course organised within the company, taking into account ch…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
A: Authorisation for gendarmerie judicial police officers

Article R13

Military members of the gendarmerie referred to in 2° of Article 16 may only be authorised to effectively exercise the attributions attached to their status as judicial police officers when they are a…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IIa: Fixed fine procedure

Article R49-8

The officer of the public prosecutor's office to whom an admissible claim is referred shall inform the accounting officer of the Directorate General of Public Finance without delay of the cancellation…

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