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Showing 53115320 of 69677 articles for Art. s. 1845 to 1870-1 · decree 78-704 of 3 July 1978 · C. civ. Art. 1105

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Assistant pharmacists.

Article R5125-34

The assistant pharmacists referred to in article L. 5125-20 are persons who, fulfilling the conditions for practising pharmacy in France, carry out their activity: 1° In a pharmacy, with the pharmacis…

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R2162-3

A framework agreement may be executed in part by the conclusion of subsequent contracts and in part by the issue of purchase orders, provided that the purchaser identifies the services covered by the…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter I: Status and missions

Article L111-3

The Chairman of the Centre National du Cinéma et de l'Image Animée has the following prerogatives on behalf of the State: 1° He studies and participates in the drafting of legislative and regulatory t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions specific to the "paediatric critical care" modality

Article D6124-32-2

The authorisation holder is part of the territorial paediatric critical care network designed to encourage and structure cooperation, particularly through telehealth. In particular, the holder partici…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Enforcement of the vendor's lien and pledge of the business and purging of registered debts.

Article L143-3

I.-A creditor who initiates an attachment-sale procedure or the debtor against whom it is initiated may request, before the commercial court within whose jurisdiction the business is operated, the sal…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Sale and transfer of shares.

Article R6223-33

If, during the period provided for in article R. 6223-32, the successor(ies) decide(s) to transfer their deceased partner's shares to a third party outside the company, the procedure shall be in accor…

AI translation · Updated 30 Oct 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Payment of contributions by the State or the region.

Article L6342-3

The social security contributions of a trainee who is remunerated by the State, the skills operator or the region for the duration of the course, or who is not remunerated at all, are paid in full by…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Fonds de développement pour l'insertion professionnelle des handicapés.

Article L5214-3

The resources of the Development Fund for the Professional Integration of the Disabled are intended to promote all forms of professional integration of the disabled in the ordinary working environment…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Appeals to the First President of the Paris Court of Appeal against certain decisions of the General Rapporteur of the Competition Authority

Article R464-24-3

The appeal provided for in Article L. 464-8-1 shall be lodged within ten days of notification of the decision of the rapporteur general of the Competition Authority. It shall be brought before the fir…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Checking and recording offences

Article L425-3

The persons referred to in article L. 425-2 who are qualified doctors may carry out clinical medical examinations and take biological samples intended to reveal the use of prohibited methods or to det…

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