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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Workers authorised to carry out operations on or near electrical installations

Article R4544-10

…onitoring provided for in articles R. 4624-22 to R. 4624-28 in application of II of article R. 4624-23.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Transmission to Pôle emploi of a nominative list of beneficiaries of the revenu de solidarité active (active solidarity income) and the allocation aux adultes handicapés (disabled adults' allowance)

Article R5312-32

…Action and Family Code; 3° Implement the special provisions set out in Articles L. 5132-5, L. 5134-23-1 and L. 5134-25-1 of the Labour Code.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Single section

Article R5123-2-1

…prescription for the medicinal product allowing, in accordance with the provisions of article R. 5123-2, a total duration of treatment of at least three months; 2° This medicinal product does not fal…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: National cosmetovigilance system

Article R5131-12

…transmitting the information reported under the conditions set out in paragraphs 2 to 4 of Article 23 of Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 November 2009…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 6: Right of withdrawal applicable to distance and off-premises contracts

Article L221-18

…give any reason for his decision or bear any costs other than those provided for in Articles L. 221-23 to L. 221-25. The period mentioned in the first paragraph runs from the day: 1° Of the conclusion…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Central depositories

Article L441-1

…of 1.1 of Article 2 of Regulation (EU) No 909/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 2014 on improving securities settlement in the European Union and on central securities depo…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article L2334-3

For the application of articles L. 2334-5, L. 2334-7, L. 2334-14-1 and L. 2334-20 to L. 2334-23, the communes are classified by demographic groups determined according to the size of their population.…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Prior possession of a long-stay visa

Article L412-2

…mporary residence permit bearing the wording "private and family life" provided for in articles L. 423-7, L. 423-13, L. 423-21, L. 423-22, L. 423-23, L. 425-9 or L. 426-5; 3° The temporary residence p…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 6: Foreign nationals exempt from applying for a residence permit

Article R431-18

…421-30 to L. 421-33, L. 422-1, L. 422-2, L. 422-4, L. 422-5, L. 422-6, L. 422-10 to L. 422-14, L. 423-7, L. 423-8, L. 423-21, L. 423-22, L. 423-23, articles L. 424-9 and L. 424-11 with the exception…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Opposition

Article R613-44

The opposition referred to in Article L. 613-23 shall be filed within a period of nine months following publication in the Bulletin officiel de la propriété industrielle of the mention of the grant of…

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