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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Public health establishments, public medico-social establishments, health cooperation groups, social and medico-social cooperation groups with legal personality under public law and army hospitals

Article R5126-42

The management of an internal-use pharmacy in a public health institution is carried out by a pharmacist performing one of the following functions: 1° Head of a unit in an institution or head of an in…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Public health establishments, public medico-social establishments, health cooperation groups, social and medico-social cooperation groups with legal personality under public law and army hospitals

Article R5126-47

…prison must have been personally authorised to do so under the conditions set out in article D. 386 of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 8: Recourse in the event of non-acceptance and non-payment.

Article L511-40

…e Banque de France, or a postal cheque, the cheque or mandate must indicate the number and maturity of the instruments thus paid. However, this indication is not required for cheques or money orders c…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Special provisions for the sale by auction of an immovable property

Article R742-41

The notice of transfer provided for in article 20 de la loi n° 65-557 du 10 juillet 1965 fixant le statut de la copropriété des immeubles bâtis is given to the managing agent by the liquidator.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Common provisions.

Article R4113-4

The company is formed subject to the condition precedent of its registration on the Roll of the Association.The application for registration of the "société d'exercice libéral" is presented collective…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Validation and checks carried out by the presidents of the chambers of trades and crafts

Article L123-46

…rson who has fully complied with the validations and checks carried out pursuant to articles L. 123-43 to L. 123-45 is registered in the national register of companies as a "company in the trades and…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Validation and checks carried out by the presidents of the chambers of trades and crafts

Article L123-47

Natural persons and legal entities whose activity consists of the manufacture of dishes for consumption on the premises may apply at the time of their registration to be registered as a business in th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Validation and checks carried out by the presidents of the chambers of trades and crafts

Article L123-45

The president of the regional chamber of trades and crafts or, by delegation, the president of the departmental level chamber of trades and crafts monitors compliance, by the natural persons and legal…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Validation and checks carried out by the presidents of the chambers of trades and crafts

Article L123-43

Registrations of information and filings of documents in the national register of companies are validated, for the natural persons mentioned in 3° of article L. 123-36, by the President of the regiona…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Validation and checks carried out by the presidents of the chambers of trades and crafts

Article L123-44

The president of the regional chamber of trades and crafts or, by delegation, the president of the departmental level chamber of trades and crafts verifies that the natural persons mentioned in 3° of…

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