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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Role of health care institutions

Article R1221-43

…us incident ; 2° Collecting and storing the information mentioned in articles R. 1221-40 to R. 1221-42, ensuring the quality and reliability of this information; 3° Providing the Agence nationale de s…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Creation and administration

Article L514-2

…reholder or member of the institution for the purposes of applying the provisions of article L. 511-42. The annual budget of the municipal credit union, as well as supplementary budgets and the financ…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Group crèches

Article R2324-46-5

…2324-36 do not apply to micro-crèches. III - The professionals mentioned in 1° of article R. 2324-42 may be replaced by persons who can prove that they have at least level 3 certification, registere…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Professional acts.

Article R4342-8-2

I.-The visual assessment and prescription referred to in 1° of Article L. 4342-1 may be carried out by an orthoptist for patients aged between 16 and 42 who do not present any of the contraindications…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Essential health and safety requirements.

Article R5211-23-2

…specific requirements as regards the requirements laid down in Council Directives 90/385/EEC and 93/42/EEC for active implantable medical devices and medical devices manufactured utilising tissues of…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Exemptions of more than two years

Article 1383 H

…in I of article 1639 A bis, properties located in the employment areas defined in 3 bis of article 42 of law no. 95-115 of 4 February 1995 on land use planning and development are exempt from propert…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Exemptions of more than two years

Article 1383 I

…properties located in the defence restructuring zones defined in 1° and 2° of 3 ter of the article 42 of law no. 95-115 of 4 February 1995 d'orientation pour l'aménagement et le développement du terr…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title II: Provisions applicable in New Caledonia, French Polynesia and the Wallis and Futuna Islands

Article R310

…the Wallis and Futuna Islands, in 10° of II, the reference to the last paragraph of Article L. 2223-42 of the General Local Authorities Code is replaced by the reference to Article 814-2 of the Code o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Validation and controls carried out by the registrars of the commercial courts or the judicial courts ruling on commercial matters

Article L123-42

The decision to enter a piece of information or the declaration that a document has been deposited in the Trade and Companies Register, the Special Register of Commercial Agents or the Special Registe…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 7: Termination

Article L145-42

Termination clauses by operation of law for cessation of business shall cease to have effect for the time required to carry out the transformations made pursuant to the provisions of section 8. This p…

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