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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Admission to psychiatric care of prisoners suffering from mental disorders

Article L3214-2

…spitalised on account of their mental disorder, subject to the restrictions made necessary by their status as prisoners or, in the case of persons undergoing treatment pursuant to article L. 3214-3, b…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article L3231-1

…nutritional disorders in the healthcare system;-setting up a system for monitoring the nutritional status of the population and its determinants;-Developing training and research in human nutrition;-…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Administration.

Article R322-26

…er from among civil servants in accordance with Decree no. 52-49 of 11 January 1952 relating to the status of State representatives on the Boards of semi-public companies, or from among civil servants…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 9: Merger of mutual insurance companies

Article R322-106-5

…pany; 6° a statement that the members of the acquired or merged companies automatically acquire the status of members of the acquiring or new company; 7° the rights granted to the holders of securitie…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Other offences.

Article L654-9

…assets being, if the person is a sole trader with limited liability or a sole trader covered by the status defined in Section 3 of Chapter VI of Title II of Book V, those of the assets covered by the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: The National Commission for Commercial Development.

Article L751-6

…munes, one representing the public establishments for inter-communal cooperation with their own tax status, one representing the départements, one representing the regions.The commission elects a chai…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Tax base

Article 1411 bis

…le L. 716-1 of the Rural and Maritime Fishing Code, as well as accommodation for apprentices, whose status is governed by the provisions of Book II of Part Six of the Labour Code, under the conditions…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Paragraph 4: Internship agreement

Article R426-19

…d paragraph of article L. 124-1 of the Education Code, except where one of these clauses is clearly not applicable.In the case provided for in 1° of article R. 426-16, the trainee receives a bonus und…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Additional regional tax on tourist tax

Article L4332-4

…ected by a municipality or by a public establishment for intercommunal cooperation with its own tax status, the corresponding amounts are repaid, at the end of the collection period, to the local publ…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter V: Family proceedings

Article 1136-13

…ded by the judge hearing the application or by the pre-trial judge. In the latter case, as from the notification of the order of the status judge, the provisional measures of the divorce proceedings r…

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