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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Free information, screening and diagnostic centres

Article D3121-26

Each year, the Director General of the Regional Health Agency sends the Minister for Health and the Prefect of the département an updated list of the free information, screening and diagnostic centres…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions specific to the procedure for reviewing measures of complete hospitalisation without consent

Article R3211-26

The director of the establishment communicates by any means the opinion of the psychiatrist on the need to continue full hospitalisation as provided for in article L. 3211-12-4. The Court of Appeal he…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: The decision or opinion of the departmental committee.

Article R752-26

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: General organisation of markets of national interest

Article R761-26

…owned buildings, the managing body is either the owner of the said buildings or the lessee for the duration of its contract to operate the market..

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 2: Conditions for registration on the list of court-appointed administrators.

Article R811-26

…s provided for in articles R. 811-36 and R. 812-20.II.-The following are exempt from the civil procedure and criminal business law test of the qualifying examination:1° Lawyers, notaries, judicial auc…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Guaranteed representation of funds, professional civil liability, remuneration and continuing professional training.

Article R814-26

The guarantee fund may take out group insurance contracts to provide supplementary pension and social security benefits for its members who wish to take out such contracts.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Professional organisation

Article R821-26

…send their activity declarations directly to the High Council in accordance with the forms and procedures it determines.When the controls mentioned in Article L. 821-9 are the subject of a delegation…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Penalties

Article R824-26

Auditors who are temporarily banned or struck off shall return to the companies whose accounts they are responsible for certifying the documents they hold on behalf of those companies, as well as any…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Declarations to be made by legal entities

Article A123-26

The appointment of the liquidator(s) of a European Economic Interest Grouping shall give rise to the amending registration provided for in Article R. 123-66.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Provisions applicable to the communes of Mayotte

Article D2564-26

At the end of each financial year, the prefect draws up, for each municipality and on the basis of the information collected, an annualised balance sheet of all the operations carried out, which summa…

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