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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R6113-5-1

…f a doctor acting under his responsibility as an expert, the personal data mentioned in article R. 6113-1 which are necessary to verify, by sampling on the basis of relevant samples of files, the reli…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Budgetary and accounting arrangements for the High Council

Article R821-14-11

The chairman of the High Council may decide, after obtaining the assent of the accounting officer:1° In the event of hardship for the debtors, to grant an ex gratia remission of the High Council's deb…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Capital increases.

Article L225-145

…ment of their shares, an offer to the public other than one of those mentioned in 2° of Article L. 411-2 of the Monetary and Financial Code or in Article L. 411-2-1 of the same code, the capital incre…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Setting up.

Article L2343-1

…ncil shall be established in accordance with the provisions of this chapter in the following cases: 1° Where the head of the Community-scale undertaking or dominant undertaking refuses to set up a spe…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Public policy

Article L3142-16

…entitled to leave to care for one of the following people who has a disability or loss of autonomy:1° Their spouse ;2° cohabiting partner ;3° Their partner in a civil solidarity pact ;4° An ascendant…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Capital increases.

Article R225-128

…py of this form drawn up on plain paper is given to the subscriber. The subscription form includes: 1° The company name, followed, where applicable, by its acronym; 2° The form of the company; 3° The…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Medical ethics

Article R4441-1

Articles R. 4127-36, R. 4127-37, R. 4127-37-1, R. 4127-37-3 and R. 4127-37-4 are applicable in New Caledonia in the version resulting from Decree no. 2016-1066 of 3 August 2016.Article R. 4127-37-2 is…

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R4733-1

…the director of the social or medico-social establishment or service mentioned in V of article L. 312-1 of the Code de l'action sociale et des familles .

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R5313-1

…gence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé, as provided for in Article L. 5313-1, is the subject of a decision by the Director General.The list of designated inspectors is publ…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Special allocation relating to the conditions of exercise of local mandates.

Article R2335-1

I.-In metropolitan France, the special allocation provided for in article L. 2335-1 is made up of two parts and two increases: 1° The first part is allocated to municipalities with fewer than 1,000 in…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
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