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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Employed persons

Article R4312-65

I.-In accordance with the provisions of article L. 4113-9, the practice of the nursing profession in any form whatsoever within a company, local authority or institution governed by private law is sub…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Authorisation for creation or transfer

Article R5126-75

…f the products or operations in the case of the activity provided for in 2° of I of article R. 5126-9; 4° The tasks or activities carried out by another in-house-use pharmacy on behalf of the in-house…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Institutions responsible for regulation and control

Article R782-13

The Credit Advisory Committee instituted by Article 214 of Organic Law No. 99-209 of 19 March 1999 relating to New Caledonia comprises, in addition to the High Commissioner of the Republic, the Chairm…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Accounts, deposit of funds, controls and miscellaneous provisions

Article R814-30

…shall immediately notify the statutory auditor he has appointed in accordance with Article R. 814-29. Within one month of receipt of this notice, the latter shall provide the authorities referred to…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Application of international conventions and European Union law

Article L614-25

French nationals may claim the application for their benefit, in France, of the provisions of the International Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property, signed at Paris on 20 March 1883,…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article 709-2

The public prosecutor draws up an annual report on the state of enforcement of sentences and the time taken to enforce them, which includes, in particular, a report drawn up by the departmental direct…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Common provisions.

Article L1545-4

…e of their powers in accordance with the procedures laid down in article 203 of the Organic Law no. 99-209 of 19 March 1999 relating to New Caledonia.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Access to non-identifying data and the identity of the third-party donor

Article L2143-1

For the purposes of this Chapter, the notion of third-party donor means the person whose gametes have been collected or retrieved pursuant to Chapter IV of Title IV of Book II of Part One of this Code…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Criminal provisions.

Article L2446-2

I.-Chapters II and III of Title II of Book II are applicable in New Caledonia and French Polynesia subject to the adaptations provided for in this chapter. II -Article L. 2222-2 is applicable in the v…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions relating to insurance undertakings.

Article R322-7

…le L. 225-88 of the Commercial Code must contain, in addition to the information listed in articles 92 or 117 of decree no. 67-236 of 23 March 1967 on commercial companies, an indication of the amount…

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