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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Hosting of paper-based personal health data

Article R1111-16

…nefiting from approval granted by the Minister for Culture under the conditions defined by articles 20-5 to 20-8 and 20-10 to 20-13 of decree no. 79-1037 of 3 December 1979 relating to the competence…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: European UCITS management companies

Article L532-20-1

…of Article L. 532-18, the first paragraph of Article L. 532-18-1 and Articles L. 532-19 and L. 532-20 are applicable to management companies established in another Member State of the European Union…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Management entrusted to private-law bodies by agreement or convention.

Article L5427-1

The signatory parties to the agreement provided for in article L. 5422-20 entrust the management of the unemployment insurance scheme to a private law body of their choice. The institution mentioned i…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Judicial police officers

Article 21

…s in the active services of the national police who do not meet the conditions laid down by article 20; 1° bis Volunteers serving as military personnel in the gendarmerie and military personnel servin…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Constitution.

Article R322-44

…e a formation fund of at least :-400,000 euros for the operations referred to in Articles 10 to 15, 20, 21, 22, 24 and 25 of Article R. 321-1 and for reinsurance operations;-240,000 for operations in…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Allocation of working hours

Article L3123-25

The collective agreement allowing the derogations provided for in articles L. 3123-20 and L. 3123-24 includes guarantees relating to the implementation, for part-time employees, of the rights granted…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Bookkeeping and deposit of funds.

Article D814-37-1

…edings, this number being determined in accordance with the provisions of 4° of Article R. 621-1;2° 20 million euros in turnover, defined in accordance with the provisions of the sixth paragraph of Ar…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Single chapter.

Article D151-1

…uvale, seaside, winter sports and mountaineering or tourist resorts are set out in articles R. 4424-20 to R. 4424-30 of the general code of local authorities, reproduced below: "Art. R. 4424-20 of the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Chapter II: Inter-municipal cooperation

Article L5832-3

…211-43 :1° In 1°, "40%" is replaced by "60%";2° 2° is not applicable;3° In 3°, "5%" is replaced by "20%";4° In 4°, "10%" is replaced by "20%";5° 5° is not applicable;6° In the last sentence of the pen…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Submission of the asylum application

Article R754-5

…heir application, from legal assistance provided by the legal entities mentioned in articles R. 744-20 and R. 744-21, in application of the agreements provided for in these same articles.They may also…

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