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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Companies of court-appointed administrators and agents

Article R814-155

The joint ventures provided for by the Article 22 of Law No. 90-1258 of 31 December 1990 shall be known as "sociétés en participation d'administrateurs judiciaires" or "sociétés en participation de ma…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Dispensing to minors of medicinal products indicated in emergency contraception and not subject to compulsory medical prescription.

Article D5134-4

Before 1 December each year at the latest, the Caisse nationale de l'assurance maladie will notify the Minister responsible for social security of the number of boxes of the medicinal products mention…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Obligations of discretion, secrecy and confidentiality

Article R8124-22

…ch they become aware in the performance of their duties, subject to Article 8 of Law 2016-1691 of 9 December 2016 on transparency, combating corruption and modernising economic life.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Remuneration.

Article R6152-25

…contribute to the supplementary social insurance pension scheme set up by decree no. 70-1277 of 23 December 1970 creating a supplementary social insurance pension scheme for non-tenured civil servant…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Traceability

Article L3512-23

…unique identifier, which complies with the provisions of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/574 of 15 December 2017 on technical standards for the establishment and operation of a system fo…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Patent rights

Article L613-2-1

…nt claim covering the same sequence if that claim itself satisfies the conditions of Article L. 611-18 and that it sets out another specific application of this sequence.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 16: Hygiene measures.

Article R4534-137

…to: 1° Sanitary facilities, as set out in articles R. 4228-2 to R. 4228-7 and R. 4228-10 to R. 4228-18; 2° Catering, as set out in articles R. 4228-22 to R. 4228-25, may be waived for work sites lasti…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section IV: Provisions relating to the analysis of resolvability

Article L311-11

…k III of this Code, Articles L. 212-15 to L. 212-16 of the Code de la mutualité and Articles L. 931-18 to L. 931-18-2 of the Code de la sécurité sociale, or be subject to one or more of the resolution…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Principles of justification, optimisation and limitation

Article R1333-12

…based on ionising radiation from which they are benefiting, as provided for in I of article L. 1333-18 ; 2° Exposure of persons who, having been informed of the risk of exposure, voluntarily and priva…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Creation, extension and conversion.

Article R2324-24

…e elements of the application for authorisation or for the opinion defined in II of article R. 2324-18 as well as those in I of article R. 2324-19, or to one of the mentions in the authorisation or th…

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