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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Discharge from hospital.

Article R1112-60

The attending physician is informed by the liaison letter provided for in article R. 1112-1-2 after the patient has been discharged of the medical prescriptions to which the patient must continue to a…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Compensation body

Article L424-6

When it intervenes under the conditions provided for in articles L. 424-1, L. 424-2 and L. 424-3, the compensation body shall obtain all relevant documents and information and shall take the necessary…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Private equity funds.

Article R214-67

A local investment fund may not invest more than 10% of its assets in rights representing a financial investment in entities mentioned in 2° of II of article L. 214-28 which are not covered by the oth…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE I: Provisions specific to Saint Pierre and Miquelon.

Article D917-6

Article D. 711-67 reads as follows: "Art. D. 711-67.-The Chamber of Agriculture, Commerce, Industry, Trades and Crafts of Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon carries out the tasks, in particular, of consulting,…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Clearances

Article R4227-6

Doors must comply with the following requirements: 1° Doors likely to be used to evacuate more than fifty people must open in the direction of exit; 2° Doors forming part of the regulatory clearances…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Support for collective operations

Article 634-3

Aid for collective operations is granted to help cover the following expenses: 1° Staff costs associated with organising the operation; 2° The cost of instruments, software and hardware required to ca…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Special provisions applicable to auctioneers, bailiffs, notaries and lawyers

Article R444-60

The following are subject to the rules applicable to expert appraisals: 1° The fixing and collection of the remuneration of a notary appointed by the court to carry out an investigative measure or to…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter V: Preventive measures and resources

Article R4445-6

Where, despite the measures implemented in application of this chapter, the exposure limit values have been exceeded, the employer: 1° Shall immediately take measures to reduce exposure below the expo…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Chapter II: Cafés, public houses and pubs

Article D312-6

Within one month of receiving the complete application for classification, the body mentioned in article L. 141-2 will take the classification decision if the assessment body mentioned in article D. 3…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 2: Classification.

Article D321-6

In the month following receipt of the complete application for classification, the body mentioned in Article L. 141-2 takes the decision to classify the property in the category for which the assessin…

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