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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Commencement of duties.

Article R6152-15

Practitioners appointed under 4° or 5° of article R. 6152-7 are classified in the post of hospital practitioner, taking into account :1° The legal length of national service and compulsory military se…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Company accounts.

Article R232-23

I. - The report referred to in Articles L. 232-6, L. 232-6-1, L. 233-28-1 and L. 233-28-2, translated into French if necessary and certified as true, shall be filed with the commercial court registry,…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Practice as a company

Article R422-33

If a member has been 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.…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: National Public Health Agency

Article R1524-2

I.-The national health strategy, defined under the conditions set out in Articles R. 1411-1 to R. 1411-4, as amended by Decree No. 2016-1621 of 28 November 2016, applies to the territory of the Wallis…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Conditions for placing on the market and putting into service.

Article R5221-12

The CE marking is affixed under the responsibility of the manufacturer or his authorised representative, in a visible, legible and indelible manner on the in vitro diagnostic medical device where this…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Automatic registrations

Article R123-314

The clerk of the commercial court or of the judicial court shall apply to the keeper of the National Register of Companies, via the single body mentioned in Article R. 123-1, for the removal of the en…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Private equity funds.

Article R214-67

A local investment fund may not invest more than 10% of its assets in rights representing a financial investment in entities mentioned in 2° of II of article L. 214-28 which are not covered by the oth…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 7: Administrative provisions

Article R4462-34

The employer shall draw up a safety file and keep it constantly up to date, adding to it on the basis of lessons learned from pyrotechnic events and any observations or information that may be relevan…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Private equity funds.

Article R214-40

After reporting to the Autorité des marchés financiers and to the tax department with which its management company files its income tax return, a fonds commun de placement à risques may enter into a p…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK VII: Commercial jurisdictions and the organisation of commerce.

Article Annexe II

STRUCTURE OF THE PRIMARY OR AMENDING BUDGETS AND DOCUMENTS TO BE SUBMITTED WITH THESE BUDGETS BY ESTABLISHMENTS IN THE CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY NETWORK The primary and amending budgets of est…

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