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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Fate of preserved gametes and germ tissue

Article R2141-22

A practitioner meeting the criteria mentioned in articles R. 2142-10 and R. 2142-11 working in a medical biology laboratory authorised for the activities mentioned in c and d of 2° of article R. 2142-…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Practice of the profession by postgraduate students, including when on leave of absence

Article D4131-2

…pouse, a person with whom the student is bound by a civil solidarity pact, a child or an ascendant ;2° Personal reasons.

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Apprenticeship agreements with legal entities governed by public law

Article D6271-2

…luded, at the start of or during the contract, between the public employer mentioned in article L. 6227-1, the other public employer or the company hosting the apprentice. It must specify 1° The durat…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE III: REVENUE

Article L4331-2

…ode or the Code of Taxes on Goods and Services, including:1° The flat-rate tax on network companies;2° The fixed tax on vehicle registration provided for in 1° of article L. 421-30 of the code of taxe…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Brevet professionnel de la jeunesse, de l'éducation populaire et du sport (vocational qualifications in youth, popular education and sport)

Article D212-27-1

…al training, for the vocational diploma in youth, popular education and sport covered by article L. 212-1, in an accredited training body mentioned in article R. 212-10-8, if they : 1° Submit their ap…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Operations following death (R)

Article R2213-25-1

…the coffin fitted with a watertight bowl complies with the characteristics mentioned in article R. 2213-25. This body will issue a certificate of conformity. II. II -An order by the ministers respons…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Formation and operation of regional joint cross-industry committees

Article D6323-20-1

…to the audience established at national and cross-industry level in application of 3° of article L. 2122-9.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Formation and operation of regional joint cross-industry committees

Article D6323-20-3

The provisions of articles R. 6332-13, R. 6332-14 and R. 6332-34 to R. 6332-37 are applicable to the regional joint cross-industry committees.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: The introduction of a period allowing employees to make an offer in the event of the sale of a business in companies that are not required to set up a works council.

Article L141-23

In companies that are not obliged to set up a works council pursuant to article L. 2322-1 du code du travail, when the owner of a business wants to sell it, the employees are informed, and no later th…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: General information

Article L611-2

…atents for invention, granted for a term of twenty years from the date of filing of the application;2° Utility certificates, granted for a term of ten years from the date of filing of the application;…

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