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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Investment and related services

Article L754-13

…June 2017 L. 322-2 to L. 322-10 Order no. 2015-1024 of 20 August 2015 II.-For the application of I: 1° In Article L. 322-2, the references to Articles L. 312-18, L. 511-22 and L. 511-23 are deleted; 2…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Companies or organisations exploiting a medicinal product or a product mentioned in Article R. 5121-150

Article R5121-170

…uthorised or registered medicinal product or product, in accordance with the procedure laid down in 1° of Articles R. 5121-26 and R. 5121-28 and in Article R. 5121-97 is required to submit a periodic…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Withdrawal of approval

Article R7232-16

The declaration by the legal entity or sole trader, referred to in article L. 7232-1-1, is made to the prefect of the département where the legal entity's main establishment is located or where the so…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: Moral rights

Article L121-7-1

…ing the organisation, operation and activity of the public person employing him. The agent may not: 1° Oppose the modification of the work decided in the interest of the service by the authority veste…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Termination by mutual agreement as part of a collective agreement on collective redundancy by mutual agreement

Article L1237-19-9

When the job losses resulting from the collective agreement provided for in Article L. 1237-19 affect, by their scale, the balance of the employment area or areas in which they are located, the compan…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Contracts with healthcare service providers

Article L1435-5-1

…ncies may conclude a contract with a public health establishment and the practitioners mentioned in 1° of article L. 6152-1 working full-time in these establishments, on the basis of which these docto…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Judicial police officers

Article R7

…chnical examination for judicial police officers of the national gendarmerie is composed as follows:1° The public prosecutor at the Cour de cassation or his delegate chosen by him from among the first…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Guarantees granted to holders of offices in the Martinique Assembly and the Executive Council

Article L7227-11

…st, a differential end-of-mandate allowance if he finds himself in one of the following situations: 1° Being registered with the institution mentioned in Article L. 5312-1 of the Labour Code in accord…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter III: Access to insurance against the risks of invalidity or death

Article L133-1

Access to insurance against the risks of disability or death is guaranteed under the conditions set out in articles L. 1141-1 to L. 1141-3, L. 1141-5 and L. 1141-6 of the French Public Health Code.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article R57-15

The magistrate shall inform the person concerned that he or she may at any time request that a doctor check that the implementation of the procedure described in article R. 622-1 du code pénitentiaire…

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