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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Definition, approval or authorisation of the manager

Article R*425-1

Silence on the part of the administration shall constitute a decision to reject : 1° Applications for initial approval of the rules of an organised trading system made pursuant to the third paragraph…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Paragraph 4: Internship agreement

Article R426-19

…ation 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 under the conditions provided for by article L…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Use of a third party to carry out certain due diligence procedures

Article R561-13

…ird party referred to in Article L. 561-7 shall forward without delay to the persons referred to in 1° to 6° of Article L. 561-2 the information gathered in connection with the implementation of the d…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IX: Simplification and freedom of organisation

Article R6149-1

I.-For the application of the second paragraph of article L. 6149-1, the director and the chairman of the establishment's medical committee inform the establishment's medical committee and the nursing…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Information for guests.

Article R1112-1-2

…t, is given to the patient by this doctor, or by another member of the healthcare team mentioned in 1° of article L. 1110-12 who treated the patient, and who ensures that the information required for…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Title VI: Health products containing nanoparticulate substances

Article R5161-1

Articles R. 523-12 to R. 523-21 of the Environmental Code apply to nanoparticulate substances used in the composition of health products intended for humans, cosmetic products mentioned in article L.…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions (R).

Article R5215-12

Work in progress on the date of the transfer of powers is continued: 1° For the operations listed in article R. 5215-4, under the direction, responsibility and at the expense of the communes; 2° For t…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Absence due to illness or accident.

Article L1226-1-4

Workers declared unfit in application of article L. 4624-4 or for whom the occupational physician has identified a risk of unfitness as part of the pre-resumption examination mentioned in article L. 4…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Informal appeals

Article R7343-12

…his appeal must be lodged, on pain of inadmissibility, within seven days of the date referred to in 1° of II of Article R. 7343-10, by any means capable of establishing a date of receipt. An acknowled…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Money changers

Article D524-1

…al foreign exchange by the persons referred to in Article L. 561-2, other than those referred to in 1°, 1° bis, 1° ter, 5° and 7° of Article L. 561-2, where the sum of their currency purchase and sale…

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