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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Deeds relating mainly to real estate and land

Article A444-115

Services relating to joint ownership or easements (numbers 92 and 93 of table 5) give rise, to the collection of:1° In the event of the creation, amending agreement or transfer of joint ownership or e…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Acts relating mainly to the family

Article A444-63

The declaration of inheritance (number 8 of table 5) gives rise to the collection of a fee proportional to the total gross assets, including, if there is a community, participation or partnership of a…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Medico-technical committee.

Article D4622-28

…ing the protocols provided for in Article R. 4623-14; 4° The organisation of surveys and campaigns; 5° The methods of participation in health monitoring. It may also be consulted on any matter falling…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Professional acts

Article R4321-9

…espiratory flow; 3° prevent bedsores ; 4° Ensure the non-medicinal prevention of venous thrombosis; 5° Contribute to the fight against pain and participate in palliative care.

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Other persons authorised to practise the profession.

Article R4362-9

…recommendation of the opticians' commission of the Higher Council for the Paramedical Professions; 5° Four retail opticians appointed and their alternates by order of the Minister for Health, on the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Multi-year global financing plan

Article R6145-66

The multi-annual global financing plan is revised each year and sent to the Director General of the Regional Health Agency for approval at the same time as the budget.The plan is updated as necessary…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Implementing measures

Article L412-3

The conditions under which the mandatory nutrition declaration provided for in Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October, as amended, on the provision of…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 222-19

…Be shown in between five and two hundred cinemas at the time of their national theatrical release; 5° Be the subject of the final distribution costs mentioned in 2° of article…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Information media

Article L6111-8

…which students leaving the establishment concerned find employment following the training provided; 5° The added value of the establishment. For each apprentice training centre, the breakage rate of a…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General organisation.

Article L6141-2-1

…le property and royalties from intellectual property rights; 4° Remuneration for services rendered; 5° Proceeds from disposals or fixed assets; 6° Loans and advances, within the limits and subject to…

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