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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R6145-78

I.-As soon as the Director General of the Regional Health Agency is aware of a project to create a subsidiary or to acquire a direct or indirect holding, he will send the documents mentioned in articl…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Leave

Article R6152-917

An associate practitioner suffering from a duly diagnosed condition which, with the exception of the pathologies mentioned in article R. 6152-918, on the list drawn up pursuant toarticle 28 of decree…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Powers of approved federations

Article R131-15

Prior to the organisation of a competition, approved sports federations that do not hold the delegation provided for in article L. 131-14 inform the federation that holds this delegation for the disci…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VII: Special provisions for overseas territories.

Article R421-58

The following shall apply in the territories of New Caledonia, French Polynesia, the French Southern and Antarctic Territories and Wallis and Futuna : Section V of this chapter ; Sections I and IV of…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Retention period

Article R2191-33

The amount of the guarantee deduction may not exceed 5% of the initial amount of the contract plus, where applicable, the amount of any amendments made during performance. For public contracts entered…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter II: FINANCIAL IMPLEMENTATION

Article R2232-1

Pursuant to article L. 2232-7, the payment period applicable to services provided by small and medium-sized enterprises or craftsmen within the meaning of article R. 2151-13 is that imposed on the pur…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Title II: Industrial property qualification

Article R421-3

As stated in Article R. 79 of the Code of Criminal Procedure: (...) bulletin no. 2 of the criminal record is issued: (....) 24° To the Director General of the Institut national de la propriété industr…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Issue and maintenance of plant variety certificates

Article R623-14

The application is entered in the Register of applications for plant variety certificates provided for in Article R. 623-38 in the order of filing under the number that has been indicated to the appli…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title II: EXAMINATION OF THE REQUEST FOR TREATMENT OF OVERBELT SITUATION

Article R724-5

If the commission grants the debtor's request, the letter referred to in Article R. 724-4 states that its decision entails the suspension and prohibition of enforcement proceedings against the debtor'…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Book II: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO EUROPEAN UNION CITIZENS AND MEMBERS OF THEIR FAMILIES

Article R270-3

Failure by third-country national family members mentioned in the second paragraph of article L. 234-1 to apply for the residence permit mentioned in article R. 234-2 within the time limits stipulated…

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