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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Foreign investment subject to authorisation

Article R151-2

…tment within the meaning of Article L. 151-3: 1° acquiring control, within the meaning ofArticle L. 233-3 of the French Commercial Code, of an entity governed by French law; 2° Acquire all or part of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Reimbursement of unemployment benefit

Article R1235-2

I.-For the application of article L. 1235-4, when the judgment ordering the offending employer to reimburse all or part of the unemployment benefits is enforceable, Pôle emploi may give formal notice…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Competencies required to provide or coordinate therapeutic patient education

Article R1161-2

…dapted to the design of intervention and data analysis systems and to the team leadership strategy; 2° Relational and educational skills enabling a partnership to be developed with patients. For coord…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Definition and conditions for carrying out preimplantation diagnosis

Article R2131-25

…e la biomédecine.The practitioner approved for the retrieval activity mentioned in 1° of Article R. 2131-22-2 may only retrieve the embryo in the light of the certificate establishing the indication f…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Consultation prior to voluntary interruption of pregnancy

Article R2212-2

To qualify for approval for the application of article L. 2212-4, the organisations mentioned in 4° of article R. 2212-1 must satisfy the following conditions: 1° They must be managed by a legal perso…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Commercial development commissions

Article R751-2

…ives mentioned in a to e of 1° of II, a and b of 1° of III and a to c of 1° of IV of article L. 751-2 may only be represented by a member of the deliberative body that they chair.No person may sit on…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Military personnel serving in the French army

Article R4061-2

…or military health professionals and military students covered by the provisions of article L. 4138-2 of the Defence Code, the competent administrative authority mentioned in articles L. 1453-10, L. 1…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Agreements

Article R5132-27

…ate, not-for-profit organisation whose purpose is to employ the people referred to in article L. 5132-1 or to employ prisoners who have signed a prison employment contract, in order to facilitate thei…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Radiological procedures likely to be performed by specially authorised persons.

Article R4351-29

…r training these persons for the implementation of the organised breast cancer screening programme. 2° In adults : a) X-rays of the skeleton of the limbs, spine, pelvis and skull ; b) Unprepared X-ray…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Handling of employers' claims and payment of beneficiaries

Article R6332-23

…f requests submitted by employers, the diagnostic costs referred to in 4° of the I of article L. 6332-1 and the services offered corresponding to the use of the sums referred to in II of article R. 63…

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