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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Secondment.

Article R6152-59

On expiry of his secondment, the practitioner is reinstated :1° Either, by right, to his post if the period of secondment has not exceeded six months or one year if the practitioner was seconded pursu…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Generic specialities

Article R5121-5-4

Generic proprietary medicinal products whose active substance(s) is/are exclusively one or more mineral substances are covered by the provisions of articles R. 5121-5, R. 5121-5-1 and R. 5121-5-2.

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: General provisions and differentiated exercise of powers

Article L1111-5

Only the following may be imposed on communes, départements and regions:1° Technical requirements and procedures provided for by a law or a decree adopted in application of a law and applicable to all…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Cross-border recognition.

Article 509-10

Applications made pursuant to Articles 41, 50, Article 56(6), Article 57 or Article 68(2) and (3) of Council Regulation (EU) 2019/1111 of 25 June 2019 concerning jurisdiction and the recognition and e…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 3: Accounting rules for transfers of supplementary occupational pension contracts

Article L384-5

I. - The assets transferred with a portfolio of supplementary occupational pension contracts by a life insurance or capitalisation undertaking or a supplementary occupational pension fund are allocate…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Manufacture and sale of beverages.

Article L3322-5

Producers or manufacturers of essences that may be used in the manufacture of alcoholic beverages, such as essences of aniseed, star anise, fennel and hyssop, as well as producers or manufacturers of…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Title Ia: Remuneration of journalists and other authors in respect of copyright and related rights of press agencies and press publishers

Article R312-5

I.-The college referred to in 1° of I of article R. 312-1 may only validly deliberate if the chairman and at least two representatives of the professional press company organisations and two represent…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Legal structures

Article L6223-5

The following may not directly or indirectly hold a fraction of the share capital of a company operating a private medical biology laboratory 1° A natural or legal person practising a health professio…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I

Article R1615-5

The reimbursement referred to in Article L. 1615-9 is carried out under the following conditions: 1° In the case of a property transferred or entrusted to a third party outside the cases of eligibilit…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Obligations relating to the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing

Article D561-53

I. - In addition to its Chairman, the Steering Committee comprises the following thirty members:1° From government departments :- the Director General of Customs and Excise or his representative ;- th…

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