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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Prohibition on offering advantages

Article L1453-4

…° and persons undergoing continuing education or continuing professional development in this field; 3° Associations which bring together persons mentioned in 1° and 2°, including those involved in the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Approval.

Article R511-3-1

…c Area or authorised in a financial sector other than that in which the acquisition is contemplated;3° An institution controlled by a natural or legal person who also controls an insurance undertaking…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 12: Terms and conditions for redeeming electronic money

Article L133-31

…ore the end of the contract ;2° The electronic money holder terminates the contract before its term;3° The electronic money holder requests redemption more than one year and one day after the end of t…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Composition and mandate

Article R112-3

The elected staff representatives each receive a credit of fifteen hours per month to carry out their duties. With the exception of the Chairman, the other members of the Board of Directors and their…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Status of statutory auditors

Article R822-30

The title of honorary statutory auditor may be conferred by the regional council on members of the company whose resignation has been accepted, who have been registered on the list for at least twenty…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Terms and conditions of performance of the partnership contract

Article L2213-3

Where the purchaser entrusts all or part of the design of the works to the contractor, the contract performance conditions must include the obligation to identify a project management team responsible…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Interpreters and translators

Article R141-3

…competence by means of a diploma or experience acquired in the field of interpreting or translation;3° Not have been the perpetrator of acts contrary to honour, probity or morality.

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Relay doctors

Article R3413-3

…ties, places and dates of practice ; 2° A certificate showing that the conditions set out in 1° and 3° of article R. 3413-2 have been met. This certificate is issued, depending on the case, by the Con…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Preliminary sub-section: Tasks that may be carried out by dispensing pharmacists

Article D5125-33-6-1

…onal councils and an opinion from the Haute Autorité de santé, under the conditions provided for in 3° of Article R. 4011-1. The attending doctor is informed by the dispensing pharmacist of the dispen…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Authorised examinations and samples.

Article R232-46-3

Subject to the definition provided by each federation mentioned in 3° of article L. 230-2, the competition period begins at 11.59 p.m. on the day before a competition in which the athlete is due to ta…

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