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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Regional health agency.

Article L6431-6

…als, exchanges of buildings and their allocation, conditions of leases of more than eighteen years; 13° loans; 14° the agency's internal regulations; 15° Acceptance and refusal of gifts and legacies;…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Organisation

Article R612-5

…ommission, decides by written consultation, in application of the third paragraph of Article L. 612-13, the Chairman shall, within a time limit that he shall set, obtain the votes of the members and t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Organisation and operation of the High Council

Article R821-2

…osts, sets remuneration and compensation subject to the provisions of articles R. 821-10 and R. 821-13 ; for the application of the Labour Code, it exercises the powers of the company director; 3° Has…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Financial and statistical monitoring

Article R5134-19

…the obligation to employ disabled workers, in the case of the persons mentioned in Article L. 5212-13; 10° The data mentioned in 2°, 3° and 4° of article R. 5134-17.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Title V: Supervision of apprenticeship training leading to a diploma

Article R6251-2

…on all matters relating to manufacturing processes, under the conditions laid down in articles 226-13 and 226-14 of the French Criminal Code.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 5: Special cases

Article 695-46

…hall rule after ensuring that the request also includes the information provided for in Article 695-13 and having, where applicable, obtained guarantees with regard to the provisions of article 695-32…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article R713-34

The election organisation commission provided for in

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions

Article L212-3-1

…ofessional agreements satisfying the conditions of this article made in application of articles L. 213-28 to L. 213-37 and L. 251-5 to L. 251-13 of the Code du cinéma et de l'image animée, the conditi…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR LOCAL AUTHORITIES GOVERNED BY ARTICLE 73 OF THE CONSTITUTION AND FOR SAINT-PIERRE-ET-MIQUELON

Article L361-2

…II and III of Title III of Regulation No 810/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 establishing a Community Code on Visas" are replaced by the words: "by the internationa…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope and definitions

Article L133-1

…State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area.III. - With the exception of Articles L. 133-11 to L. 133-13 and II of Article L. 133-14, the provisions of this chapter apply if the payee's…

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