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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Articles of association, share capital, shares.

Article R4113-35

In addition to the provisions that must be included in the Articles of Association underarticle 11 of law no. 66-879 of 29 November 1966 relating to professional non-trading companies, and those that…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Notification of the decision

Article R4234-36

I.-When the accused pharmacist is a national of a Member State of the European Union or party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area other than France, the decision of the Disciplinary Chamber…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Extemporaneous preparation.

Article R5143-3

The user prepares the medicated feed extemporaneously in accordance with the good practices mentioned in article R. 5143-1. Medicated feed may only be prepared extemporaneously from a single medicated…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Operation

Article R6156-38

Only the members mentioned in 1° and 2° of article R. 6156-2 take part in the vote. Substitutes only have the right to vote in the absence of the full members they are replacing. The Board of Governor…

AI translation · Updated 30 Oct 2023Open Article
French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 2: Classification.

Article D321-3

…the categories designated by an increasing number of stars, according to the criteria set out in a classification table drawn up by the body referred to in article L. 141-2 and approved by order of th…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Special provisions relating to the content of award notices

Article R2383-3

Under the conditions laid down in Article L. 2332-1, certain information on the award of the contract may not be published if its disclosure would impede law enforcement, would be contrary to the publ…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Provisions specific to various commercial companies.

Article R223-36

In the event that, as a result of losses recorded in the accounting documents, the company's shareholders' equity falls below half of the share capital, the decision of the shareholders provided for i…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 8: Age conditions for medically assisted procreation and self-preservation of gametes

Article R2141-37

The age conditions required by Article L. 2141-12 to benefit from gamete self-preservation with a view to subsequent medically assisted procreation are set as follows: 1° Oocytes may be retrieved from…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Children admitted

Article R2321-3

For the application of article L. 2321-6, the prefectoral closure order may only be issued after formal notice has been given and if the establishment has not remedied the alleged breaches within the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: BUDGETS AND ACCOUNTS

Article D4311-3

For budgets voted by nature, the budget article corresponds to the most detailed subdivision of the nomenclature defined by the decree provided for in article L. 4312-2, supplemented by the transactio…

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