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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Relations between training supervisors and trainees.

Article R4235-41

The pharmacists concerned have a duty to prepare for their role as training supervisor by improving their knowledge and acquiring adequate resources. No pharmacist can claim to train a trainee if he o…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Purpose of the inspection and inspection officials

Article D6361-4

The labour inspectors and inspectors referred to in the first paragraph of Article L. 6361-5 undergo training prior to carrying out their inspection duties, as provided for by the statutory provisions…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: General provisions applicable to joint stock companies.

Article L224-1

…r actions is designated by a company name, which must be preceded or followed by a reference to the form of the company and the amount of the share capital. The name of one or more partners may be inc…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 13: Discounts or reductions cancelling out the effect of registration tax on carbon dioxide emissions from passenger cars

Article L121-24

Any form of advertising or communication offering a discount or reduction that cancels out or reduces for the end consumer the effect of the tax on carbon dioxide emissions from passenger cars provide…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Qualities and conditions required to enter into marriage

Article 155

…is addressed to the civil registrar who is to celebrate the marriage, or by an act drawn up in the form provided for in Article 73, paragraph 2. The deeds listed in this article and in the previous a…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: How usufruct ends

Article 624

…er the soil or the materials. If the usufruct were established over an estate of which the building formed part, the usufructuary would enjoy both the soil and the materials.

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Persons called upon to carry out seizures, rights and obligations of persons seizing and customs detention

Article 323-8

…tention report is drawn up in accordance with Article 64 I of the Code of Criminal Procedure. The information provided for in the first paragraph of II of the same article 64 shall also appear in a sp…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Mobilisation of medium-term loans

Article L313-40

…e stipulated in the agreements provided for in Article L. 313-37, transfer these receivables in any form whatsoever.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Protection measures

Article L1151-4

…iving the opinion of the Haute Autorité de santé. Any decision to lift the ban is taken in the same form.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter I: Status and missions

Article R111-1

…animée may initiate, implement and promote, alone or jointly, directly or through subsidiaries, any form of action, creation or production likely to contribute to the development of the cinema and oth…

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