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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Company accounts and accounting documents

Article L511-36

When they prepare their accounts in consolidated form, credit institutions and finance companies do so in accordance with the rules defined by a regulation of the Autorité des normes comptables (Frenc…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VI: Safeguard plan.

Article L626-3

Where the draft plan provides for a change in the capital or the articles of association, the extraordinary general meeting or the shareholders' meeting and, where their approval is required, the spec…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Determination of the debtor's assets.

Article L624-3

An appeal against the decisions of the juge commissaire taken pursuant to this section is open to the creditor, the debtor or the mandataire judiciaire. However, a creditor whose claim is discussed in…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Responsibilities

Article L4433-3

Each of the Regional Councils of Guadeloupe, Mayotte and Réunion may, on its own initiative or at the request of the Prime Minister or the Minister responsible for the overseas departments, submit to…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Recruitment and conditions of practice.

Article L4623-3

The occupational health physician is a physician who is, as far as possible, employed on a full-time basis and who does not practise general practice medicine. This article does not apply to the corre…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Special provisions for certain employees.

Article L5424-3

The employers mentioned in this section join the insurance scheme for employees hired on a temporary basis in the film production, audiovisual or entertainment professions, when the activity carried o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Definitions and scope of application

Article L6211-3

Tests, the collection and processing of biological signals for the purposes of screening, diagnostic orientation or immediate therapeutic adaptation do not constitute a medical biology examination. Th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE IV: OVERSEAS DEPARTMENTS

Article L3443-3

The report on the budget guidelines mentioned in article L. 3312-1 presents a progress report on the measures set out in the convergence plan covering the territory of the department..

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Guarantees.

Article L6421-3

The information requested from the beneficiary of an action to validate prior learning has a direct and necessary link with the purpose of the validation as defined in article L. 6411-1.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE III: METROPOLITAN POLE

Article L5731-3

The metropolitan pole is subject to the rules applicable to mixed syndicates provided for in article L. 5711-1, or article L. 5721-2 when a region, a department or the metropolis of Lyon is a member,…

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