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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Right to training.

Article L4135-10-1

Members of the Regional Council benefit each year from an individual right to training recorded in euros, which may be accumulated over the entire term of office up to a ceiling and the annual amount…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Parole application procedure

Article D527-1

In accordance with the provisions of article 730-2, conditional release may only be granted after a multi-disciplinary assessment of dangerousness, accompanied by a medical examination, when it concer…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope of application

Article R4451-1

The provisions of this chapter apply whenever workers, including the self-employed, are likely to be exposed to a risk due to ionising radiation of natural or artificial origin. They apply in particul…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope and definitions

Article R5124-4

Manufacturers, importers, operators, stockists, wholesaler-distributors, wholesale distributors of pharmaceutical products other than medicinal products, wholesale distributors of medicinal plants, di…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R6113-5

Doctors responsible for collecting nominative medical data or for processing files containing such data are subject to the obligation of secrecy, breach of which is punishable in accordance with artic…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter Va: Withholding

Article L335-15

I. - When goods suspected of infringing copyright or related rights are detained after a request mentioned in Article L. 335-10 has been accepted, goods transported in small consignments may be destro…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter Ia: Withholding

Article L521-17-2

I. - When goods suspected of infringing a registered design are detained after an application referred to in Article L. 521-14 has been accepted, goods transported in small consignments may be destroy…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article D132-7

I.-The transfer of individual rights in the course of accrual is automatic, subject to the provisions of this section. II-The contract includes a clause allowing the transfer of individual rights duri…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-sub-paragraph 3: Declarations for the purposes of amending and supplementary registrations.

Article R123-71

The provisions of article R. 123-66 do not apply:1° To the updating of references made, in the main registration, to secondary registrations: in this case, the corrective entry is made automatically b…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Preliminary title.

Article L800-5

Employees and companies operating in the local authorities of the French Republic excluded from the geographical scope defined in article L. 800-4 are governed by the following provisions: 1° The prov…

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