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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Practice as a company

Article R422-37

If the reserves constituted by undistributed profits or capital gains due to the members' industry so permit, the share capital is periodically increased. The shares created for this purpose are distr…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Practice as a company

Article R422-33

…struck off, pursuant to section 5 of this chapter, for a period of six months or more, he may be excluded from the company by a decision taken by a majority of the other members. The excluded member h…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Monthly statement of employment contracts

Article D1221-31

At the express request of the departments responsible for employment control, the employer shall provide the addresses of employees whose employment contracts have been concluded or terminated, as ref…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Monthly statement of employment contracts

Article D1221-30

The monthly statement of employment contracts contains the following information: 1° The name and address of the employer; 2° The nature of the company's activity; 3° The surname, first names, nationa…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Revenue.

Article D2573-33

Article D. 2331-3 is applicable to the communes of French Polynesia.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Shareholdings in companies

Article R3231-3

The provisions of articles R. 1511-36 to R. 1511-39 are applicable to the departments.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Economic development

Article R4424-32

The funds previously allocated by the Association nationale pour la formation professionnelle des adultes to these equipment operations in Corsica are included in the general decentralisation grant..

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Economic development

Article R4424-31

The programme of training and equipment operations of the establishment mentioned in article L. 5315-1 of the Labour Code, other than of national interest, carried out in Corsica, is prepared by the P…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Duties towards members of other healthcare professions.

Article R4127-359

Midwives must maintain good relations, in the interests of patients, with members of the health professions. They must respect their professional independence.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Duties towards members of other healthcare professions.

Article R4127-362

After the consultation or intervention of the doctor called in, the midwife, in agreement with the patient, takes over the direction of care under her own responsibility.

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