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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Organisation of hospitals and universities.

Article L6142-14

…d below: "The financial costs resulting from the application of articles L. 632-1, L. 713-5, L. 952-21 to L. 952-23 are borne in their entirety by the budget of the Ministry of National Education for…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Operation of the company.

Article R743-108

…shares, accompanied, where applicable, by a reduction in the share capital pursuant to the article 21 of Law no. 66-879 of 29 November 1966, shall be completed in accordance with the rules laid down…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Organisation and operation.

Article R822-88

When a member intends to withdraw from the company pursuant to article 21 of law no. 66-879 of 29 November 1966, it shall notify the company of its decision in one of the forms provided for in article…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Composition

Article R4134-6

…al prefect under the conditions specified by the rules of procedure provided for in article R. 4134-21. Any person appointed to replace a member of the council shall hold office until the expiry of th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Occupational physician

Article R4626-12

…regulatory provisions applicable in disciplinary matters to the staff referred to in article L. 952-21 of the Education Code and in 1° of article L. 6152-1 of the Public Health Code, the decision to d…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Control

Article R7124-38

…the provisions of articles L. 4153-7, L. 7124-1 to L. 7124-11, L. 7124-13 to L. 7124-18 and L. 7124-21 as well as articles R. 7124-3, R. 7124-10, R. 7124-26, R. 7124-31 and R. 7124-34 committed abroad…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Installation and operation

Article R5126-98

The provisions of articles R. 5126-21, R. 5126-22, R. 5126-23 with the exception of the second paragraph, R. 5126-29, of article R. 5126-32 under the conditions provided for in its III, of article R.…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Pre-contractual information, commercial practices, contracts and credit

Article L511-7

…powered to investigate and record infringements or breaches of the provisions: 1° Regulation (EU) 2021/782 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2021 on rail passengers' rights and…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter V: National platform to combat the manipulation of sporting events

Article L335-3

…ed by online gaming or sports betting operators holding the authorisation provided for in ̀ article 21 of law no. 2010-476 of 12 May 2010 relating to the opening a ̀ la concurrence et a ̀ la régulatio…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Rights and obligations attached to plant variety certificates

Article L623-24

…lant variety certificates and breeder's certificates. The same applies to articles L. 613-9, L. 613-21 and L. 613-24, the body mentioned in Article L. 412-1 being substituted for the Institut national…

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