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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Cross-border mergers

Article R236-26

I.-A request by members to exercise their right of withdrawal provided for in Article L. 236-40 shall be made within ten days of the date of the decision referred to in Article L. 236-2. This request…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions.

Article R5211-26

The manufacturer or his authorised representative shall, for a period of at least five years and, in the case of implantable devices, at least fifteen years after the last copy of the product has been…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Demergers involving the participation of joint stock companies or limited liability companies

Article L236-26

As an exception to the provisions of Article L. 236-25, it may be stipulated that the companies benefiting from the demerger will only be liable for that part of the liabilities of the demerged compan…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Sub-section 3: Working conditions of the pharmacists or veterinary surgeons responsible and delegated.

Article R5142-26

Where the undertaking is operated by a company, the competent corporate body of that undertaking shall appoint, at the same time as the pharmacist or veterinary surgeon in charge and in order to repla…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Special arrangements for staff of companies providing catering or sleeping accommodation on trains.

Article R221-26

For sedentary staff, weekly rest may be granted on a day other than Sunday for staff whose activities are linked to transport schedules. If they are employed full time, they will benefit from at least…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 9: Sociétés anonymes à participation ouvrière.

Article L225-261

The labour shares are the collective property of the salaried staff, formed into a labour cooperative company. This labour company must and exclusively includes all employees who have been linked to t…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VII: Provisions relating to the supplementary supervision of regulated entities in a financial conglomerate.

Article L356-26

The undertakings referred to in Article L. 310-1 and in 1° of III of Article L. 310-1-1 belonging to a financial conglomerate within the meaning of Article L. 517-3 of the Monetary and Financial Code…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Corrective measures, restrictions on use, interruption of distribution, exemptions, information and advice for consumers

Article R1321-26

Without prejudice to the provisions of article R. 1321-47, if the quality limits defined by the order mentioned in article R. 1321-2 are not complied with at the points of compliance defined in articl…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions specific to the procedure for reviewing measures of complete hospitalisation without consent

Article R3211-26

The director of the establishment communicates by any means the opinion of the psychiatrist on the need to continue full hospitalisation as provided for in article L. 3211-12-4. The Court of Appeal he…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 8: Specific provisions governing the exceeding of exposure limit values relating to sensory effects

Article R4453-26

…ach worker concerned, the employer identifies and sends the occupational physician and the health professionals mentioned in the first paragraph of Article L. 4624-1 the following information, which h…

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