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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L6161-3-2

In the event of the definitive closure of an establishment or service managed by a private body, the sums allocated to the closed establishment or service by the State, local authorities and their pub…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Powers

Article L621-20-4

The minutes or reports of an investigation or any other document from criminal proceedings that is directly related to facts that may be submitted to the AMF Enforcement Committee for review may be di…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Evaluation, accreditation and analysis of hospital activity.

Article L6113-10-2

The grouping's resources are made up of : 1° A contribution from the compulsory health insurance schemes, the amount of which is set each year by order of the ministers responsible for the budget, hea…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: National Council and National Disciplinary Chamber.

Article L4122-2-3

The Conseil national de l'ordre may organise the grouping of departmental or interdepartmental councils by a decision taken at a plenary session, in the following situations: 1° Operational difficulti…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Delegated federations

Article L131-15-2

The delegated federations, where applicable in coordination with the professional leagues that they have created, and within the framework of the guidelines set by the Minister responsible for sport,…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Principle of non-discrimination.

Article L1132-3-2

No employee may be penalised, dismissed or subjected to any of the discriminatory measures mentioned in Article L. 1132-1 for refusing, on the grounds of his or her sexual orientation, a geographical…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Medically assisted procreation.

Article L2442-1-2

For its application in New Caledonia and French Polynesia, the last paragraph of Article L. 2141-6 reads as follows: "Only not-for-profit organisations may be authorised to store embryos intended for…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Property and property investment by public health institutions

Article L6148-7-2

The State may enter into the leasing contracts mentioned in Article L. 6148-7-1 on behalf of a public entity, provided that the transaction is sustainable in terms of its impact on public finances and…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution.

Article L310-25-1

Safeguard, receivership and compulsory liquidation proceedings instituted by Titles II, III and IV of Book VI of the Commercial Code may only be opened in respect of a reinsurance undertaking mentione…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Intermediary parent companies

Article L517-4-2

An intermediate parent undertaking in the European Union is a credit institution or a financial holding company or a mixed financial holding company which has applied for approval in accordance with t…

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