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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: National Public Health Agency

Article L1413-12-2

…rofessional secrecy and impartiality, are specified by the Board of Directors, after consulting the Ethics and Professional Conduct Committee, in compliance with the provisions of Articles L. 1451-1 t…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Exclusive right of exploitation

Article L613-2-1

…ene sequence is limited to the part of that sequence directly related to the specific function concretely set out in the description. The rights created by the grant of a patent including a gene seque…

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

Article L752-1-2

…ial revitalisation operation agreement mentioned in article L. 303-2 of the Code de la Construction et de l'Habitation, the registration and review by the Commission Départementale d'Aménagement Comme…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Professional non-trading companies

Article R422-24-1

The majority required to approve one of the transactions mentioned in the first paragraph of article 27 of Law no. 66-879 of 29 November 1966 relating to professional non-trading companies is that pro…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Changes relating to powers.

Article L5211-17-2

…peration with its own tax system may transfer to the latter, in whole or in part, some of their competences whose transfer is not provided for by law or by the decision establishing the establishment,…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Powers of the regions

Article L6121-2-1

…by means of an agreement, authorise organisations responsible for implementing these actions, in return for fair financial compensation. The authorisation, which may not exceed five years, specifies…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Purpose and opening conditions.

Article L6325-2-1

The public or private training bodies mentioned in article L. 6325-2 may not make the enrolment of an employee on a professionalisation contract conditional upon the latter paying a financial contribu…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Definitions and special conditions

Article R1125-20-1

If no response is received by the end of the period for examining the application for authorisation referred to in Article R. 1125-17 , this shall be deemed to constitute rejection. Silence on the exp…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Processing of criminal records

Article R40-29-1

…r consultation purposes only, with the exception of data relating to persons registered as victims: 1° Agents of the departments mentioned in article R. 234-3 of the Internal Security Code, individual…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Financing of vocational training

Article L6523-2-1

The following do not apply in Mayotte a) The second paragraph of article L. 6331-54; b) Subsection 6 of Section 4 of Chapter I of Title III of Book III.

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