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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: National Order of Nurses

Article L4312-2

…t may organise any mutual aid and pension schemes for the benefit of its members and their dependants.It studies questions or projects submitted to it by the Minister of Health concerning the practice…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Mergers between commercial companies

Article L236-2

A merger may be carried out between companies of different forms.It is decided, by each of the companies concerned, under the conditions required for the amendment of its Articles of Association.If th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Settlement of certain claims.

Article L643-2

…g or pronouncing the judicial liquidation. Where the court has set a time limit pursuant to Article L. 642-2, these creditors may exercise their individual right of pursuit upon expiry of this time li…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Projects subject to authorisation.

Article L752-2

…r motorbike shops are not subject to the commercial operating authorisation provided for in Article L. 752-1.III. - Covered or uncovered retail food halls and markets established on public property an…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Departmental commercial development commissions.

Article L751-2

…of the mixed syndicate or public establishment for inter-communal cooperation mentioned in article L. 143-16 of the town planning code responsible for the territorial coherence scheme within whose pe…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Tax revenue and fees

Article L3662-2

I. - Taxes and levies collected by way of assessment, on behalf of the Metropole de Lyon, are allocated monthly, in the amount of one twelfth of their total amount, as provided for in the budget for t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Circulation of the euro

Article L721-2

…ts, instruments of payment other than banknotes and coins, and other instruments having legal effects.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Implementation within the company.

Article L3322-2

…ing at least fifty employees guarantee the right of their employees to share in the company's results. The same applies to undertakings constituting an economic and social unit referred to in article…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Registration on the jobseekers' list.

Article L5411-2

…e emploi of any changes in their situation that are likely to affect their registration as jobseekers.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Powers of the regions

Article L6121-2

…finances the regional public vocational training service in accordance with the following principles.Anyone seeking to enter the labour market, regardless of where they live, has the right to access…

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