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French Civil CodeIn force
Title XV: Transactions

Article 2045

To transact, you must have the capacity to dispose of the items included in the transaction. The guardian may only transact for the minor or adult under guardianship in accordance with Article 467 und…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Organisation at national level

Article R1114-26

Subject to the second paragraph of this article, the duties of members of the General Meeting, the Board of Directors and the Executive Committee are performed free of charge. The duties of the Chairm…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Directors elected or appointed by employees

Article R225-34-4

The time devoted to training directors elected by the general meeting of shareholders pursuant to Article L. 225-23 and directors elected by employees or appointed pursuant to Article L. 225-27-1 is d…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions.

Article R228-8

Registers of registered securities issued by a company shall be drawn up by that company or by a person authorised by it for that purpose.These registers may be kept chronologically on paper or on any…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Preparation of the case

Article R1454-4

The councillor-rapporteur is an industrial tribunal councillor. He may be a member of the judging panel. When two Conseiller Rapporteurs are appointed in the same case, one is an employer, the other a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Competencies required to provide or coordinate therapeutic patient education

Article D1161-1

Therapeutic patient education may be provided by the healthcare professionals mentioned in Books I and II and Titles I to VII of Book III of Part Four of this Code. It may be provided with the assista…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Automated national register of refusals to take blood samples

Article R1232-6

Any person of full age or a minor of at least thirteen years of age may be entered on the register in order to make known their refusal to have organs removed from their body after their death, either…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Other provisions.

Article R662-8

The president of the court, seised for the purposes of appointing an ad hoc trustee pursuant to Article L. 611-3, may apply, with the agreement of the debtor, the provisions of the first paragraph of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Designation of customs officers responsible for carrying out certain judicial police duties

Article A36-6

Candidates are forbidden, on pain of exclusion, to have printed or handwritten documents with them. However, they may consult codes or compendia of laws, decrees and circulars; the latter may include…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Principles

Article R3221-1

The Labour Inspectorate supervisory officer may demand to be informed of the various factors involved in determining remuneration in the company, in particular the standards, categories, criteria and…

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