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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Termination by agreement

Article R6152-435

If one of the two parties does not withdraw from the contract within the period set out in article R. 6152-434, the contract will end on the date agreed in the termination agreement.

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article R132-5-5

I.-Without prejudice to the obligations referred to in the last paragraph of article L. 132-8, for the application of the first paragraph of article L. 132-27-2, the date on which the insurance undert…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Services provided to shareholders by intermediaries

Article R228-32-3

The fees mentioned in L. 228-29-7-4 are published on the website of the intermediary that applies them. Any change shall be published without delay on the same website.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Services provided to shareholders by intermediaries

Article R228-32-1

I.-The content of the information referred to in Article L. 228-29-7-1, in II and III of Article L. 228-29-7-2 and in Article L. 22-10-43-1, and the procedures for transmitting that information are sp…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Services provided to shareholders by intermediaries

Article R228-32-2

The conditions under which the intermediaries referred to in Article L. 228-29-7-3 facilitate the exercise by shareholders of their rights are set out in Articles 5, 6 and 8 of Commission Implementing…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Enforcement of pre-trial detention

Article R57-5-5

At any time during the information procedure, judicial isolation may be terminated by order of the investigating judge, acting ex officio, on the application of the public prosecutor, at the request o…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Operating rules

Article L621-5-5

The Autorité des marchés financiers may receive voluntary contributions from professional associations representing persons subject to its supervision, with a view to financing projects of common inte…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Home dispensing of gases for medical use.

Article R4211-15

If an application for authorisation to dispense gases for medical use at home, as provided for in article L. 4211-5, remains unanswered for more than four months, it is deemed to have been rejected.

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Unrestricted hearing and police custody

Article D15-5-5

The report drawn up pursuant to article 63-1 states that the person has been informed of their right to request the assistance of a lawyer from the start of police custody or at any time during its co…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 5: Information

Article L7122-18

All councillors to the Assembly of French Guyana have the right, within the framework of their office, to be informed of the affairs of the territorial community which are the subject of deliberation.

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