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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Declarations

Article R1333-111

…stablishment as a nuclear activity subject to authorisation, a single application for authorisation may be submitted for all the nuclear activities. If necessary, the Nuclear Safety Authority will iss…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: The company during the observation period.

Article R622-11

For the application of the second and third paragraphs of Article L. 622-10, the matter shall be referred to the court by petition or, where applicable, in the forms and according to the procedure pro…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10: Treatment of burn victims

Article R6123-114

The burns treatment facility provides ongoing assistance to establishments authorised to carry out the emergency medical care activities referred to in article R. 6123-1 with a view to establishing th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: User representation

Article R6132-11

The Constituent Agreement provides for the setting up of a Users' Committee or a Grouping Users' Commission, in accordance with the option chosen in their opinion by the majority of the Users' Commiss…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 2: Assisted witnesses

Article 113-1

Any person named in an initiating indictment or supplementary indictment who has not been indicted may only be heard as an assisted witness.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Inter-company college for safety, health and working conditions.

Article L4532-11

…by workers employed on the site in the performance of their duties within the inter-company college may not be used as grounds for sanction or dismissal.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions applicable to professional non-trading companies

Article R743-112

…ers informing each other of their activities in accordance with the provisions of article R. 743-53 may not be accused of breaching professional secrecy.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Approval of traineeships

Article R6341-11

The State public establishment to which the management of remuneration may be entrusted, in application of article L. 6341-6, is a public administrative establishment.

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE V: Liabilities and sanctions.

Article L653-11

…r the prohibition provided for in Article L. 653-8, it shall set the duration of the measure, which may not exceed fifteen years. It may order provisional enforcement of its decision. Disqualification…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Undertakings for collective real estate investment.

Article R214-110

An undertaking for collective real estate investment may grant the guarantees referred to in article L. 211-38 under the conditions defined in that same article and under the following additional cond…

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