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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Single chapter: The Autorité des marchés financiers

Article R621-10

…ster for the Economy;4° The general conditions of recruitment, employment and remuneration of staff;5° Internal regulations and rules of professional conduct applicable to the staff of the departments…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Sub-committees

Article R2272-12

…presentatives, one for each of the trade union organisations represented on the National Commission;5° Three employer representatives, one from the Mouvement des Entreprises de France (MEDEF), one fro…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Implementation.

Article D2363-1

In the cases provided for in Article L. 2363-2, the following must be attached to the application for registration of the European Cooperative Society: 1° The agreement relating to the establishment o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The High Council of Statutory Auditors

Article R821-14-4

The High Council shall have a public accountant known as the "accounting officer", appointed by joint order of the Minister of Justice and the Minister for the Budget.The accounting officer shall be r…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Administrative authorisation.

Article R5142-4

The procedures for submitting and examining applications for authorisation to open, for modification of initial authorisations and for transfer of authorisations to open, as provided for in articles R…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions common to the "Adult Psychiatry" and "Child and Adolescent Psychiatry" specialisations

Article D6124-256

…urses; 2° One or more care assistants; 3° One or more psychologists; 4° One or more social workers; 5° Where necessary, one or more physiotherapists, occupational therapists, psychomotor therapists, s…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Shareholdings in companies

Article L2253-1

All holdings by a municipality in the capital of a commercial company or any other profit-making body whose purpose is not to operate municipal services or activities of general interest under the con…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter II: Life insurance and capitalisation operations

Article A132-4-4

…ication reserve: details of the possibility of partial or total conversion of existing commitments; 5° Changes made to the existing contract as a result of the purchase of commitments giving rise to a…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XX: National automated genetic fingerprint database

Article 706-56

I.-The criminal investigation police officer may, with regard to the persons mentioned in the first, second or third paragraphs of Article 706-54, take a biological sample or have it taken under his o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Application to army hospitals and army blood transfusion centres

Article R4211-52

For the application of the provisions of sub-sections 1 to 4a, army hospitals are considered to be health establishments and the Minister for Defence exercises, with regard to them and the army blood…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
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