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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Participation of users in the operation of the healthcare system

Article L1114-6

A Union nationale des associations agréées d'usagers du système de santé (National Union of Approved Associations of Users of the Healthcare System) may be set up, made up of associations of users of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Concealed employment.

Article L8221-6

I.-The following are presumed not to be linked to the principal by an employment contract in the performance of the activity giving rise to registration:1° Natural persons registered in the trade and…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Provisions specific to various commercial companies.

Article L229-6

As an exception to the second paragraph of Article L. 225-1 a société européenne may form a société européenne of which it is the sole shareholder. It is subject to the provisions applicable to the Eu…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Recruitment, transfer and dismissal.

Article L1225-6

The provisions of articles L. 1225-4, L. 1225-4-3 and L. 1225-5 do not prevent the expiry of a fixed-term employment contract.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Provisions applicable to categories of securities being phased out

Article L212-6

The rules governing the creation of preference shares are set out in Articles L. 228-29-8 to L. 228-29-10 and L. 228-35-1 of the French Commercial Code.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L2141-6

A couple or an unmarried woman meeting the conditions set out in article L. 2141-2 may foster an embryo.The two members of the couple or the unmarried woman must give their prior consent, before a not…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Hospital practitioners.

Article L6152-6

The regulatory measures provided for in articles L. 6152-1, L. 6152-4 and L. 6152-5-3 and, where necessary, the procedures for applying the other provisions of this chapter shall be determined by decr…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Provisions relating to the freezing of assets and the prohibition on making assets available to third parties

Article L562-6

The persons referred to in article L. 562-4 are prohibited from knowingly and intentionally participating in activities the purpose or effect of which is to circumvent the measures taken pursuant to t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Hygiene of buildings and built-up areas.

Article L1331-6

If the owner fails to comply with the obligations set out in articles L. 1331-1, L. 1331-1-1, L. 1331-4 and L. 1331-5, the municipality may, after formal notice, carry out the necessary work on its ow…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter III: Obligations of the insurer and the insured.

Article L113-6

In the event of the compulsory liquidation of an undertaking referred to in article L. 310-1, the contracts it holds in its portfolio are subject to the provisions of articles L. 326-12 and L. 326-13,…

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