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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Opticians.

Article L4362-4

Notwithstanding the provisions of article L. 4362-1, holders of a diploma from a national vocational school, optics and eyewear section, or a certificate from the Ecole des Métiers d'Optique may pract…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VIII: Accelerated safeguard

Article L628-4

…is not subject to the obligation to constitute classes of affected parties provided for in Article L. 626-29, the opening of accelerated safeguard proceedings is subject to such constitution. To this…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Cultural identity: powers of the territorial collectivity of Corsica in terms of education and culture

Article L4424-4

…builds, equips and maintains the higher education establishments on the map provided for in article L. 4424-3. The State provides these establishments with the financial resources directly linked to t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Students in medicine, dentistry, midwifery and pharmacy.

Article L6153-4

The students referred to in article L. 6153-1 may undertake a training period in a departmental or territorial fire and rescue service, provided that the latter is approved as a training centre. The c…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK IX: Overseas provisions.

Article L960-4

…I, the words: "specially designated commercial court" are replaced by the words: "territorially competent commercial court". Article L. 721-8 shall not apply to Saint-Martin.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Health-related products

Article R1453-4

I.-The information mentioned in article R. 1453-3 is made public, in French, on the single public website mentioned in I of article L. 1453-1 and is transmitted to the authority responsible for this s…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK IV: Free pricing and competition.

Article L420-4

I.-The provisions of Articles L. 420-1 and L. 420-2 practices: 1° Which result from the application of a legislative text or a regulatory text adopted for its application; 2° Whose authors can justify…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Patent rights

Article L613-4

…1 shall not apply where the means of implementation are products that are commonly found on the market, unless the third party incites the person to whom he delivers to commit acts prohibited by Artic…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Health and safety committees.

Article L4643-4

Health and safety committees, set up by collective labour agreements and composed of employer and employee representatives, are responsible for promoting safety training and contributing to the improv…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions common to all companies

Article R822-41

…ely by the partners and addressed to the High Council under the conditions provided for in articles R. 822-8 to R. 822-11. The following must be attached: 1° A copy of the articles of association; 2°…

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