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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Dormant accounts

Article L312-21-1

…ectronic means, at least once a year, to the group referred to in the first paragraph of Article L. 161-17-1 of the Social Security Code the information required to implement the provisions of Article…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Commencement of employment, management, remuneration and benefits

Article R6153-15

…r the first eighteen months, the payment of two thirds of the remuneration mentioned in article R. 6153-10 and in 1° and 3° of article D. 6153-10-1 and, for the following eighteen months, the payment…

AI translation · Updated 30 Oct 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Principles of organisation and operation of the body reception facility

Article R1261-11

…lishments or health establishments authorised in accordance with the second paragraph of article L. 1261-1 and in accordance with the procedures laid down in articles R. 1261-24 to R. 1261-28, the art…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Composition and management of the plan.

Article L3332-17-1

I.-Any company that falls underArticle 1 of Law 2014-856 of 31 July 2014 on the social and solidarity economy and meets the following cumulative conditions may apply for "social utility solidarity ent…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Funeral and burial regulations

Article R2213-1-4

…ment or in an accommodation establishment for dependent elderly people mentioned in the article L. 313-12 of the Code de l'action sociale et des familles, the death certificate may be drawn up on pape…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R5313-3-1

…médicament et des produits de santé shall send, by any means, the report mentioned in Article R. 5313-3 to the European authorities responsible for the safety of the health products mentioned in Arti…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions.

Article D214-32-1

Pursuant to I of Article L. 214-24-1, the marketing with passport, in France, by an authorised manager established in a third country for which France is the reference Member State, of units or shares…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter X: Tattooing products

Article L513-10-1

…e skin, with the exception of products which are medical devices within the meaning of article L. 5211-1.

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Scope of application

Article R23-111-1

For the application of II of article L. 23-111-1, branches for which an agreement was concluded no later than 31 March of the year in which the regional cross-industry joint committee was set up or re…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Provisions applicable to Mayotte.

Article R927-1-1

For the application to Mayotte of article R. 711-40-1, the words: "préfet de région" are replaced by the words: "représentant de l'Etat" and the words: "chambre de commerce et d'industrie de région" a…

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