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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Duties of confraternity.

Article R4127-268

In the event of a significant and irreconcilable difference of opinion during a consultation, the treating dental surgeon is entitled to decline all responsibility and to refuse to apply the treatment…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Measures specific to the safeguarding, reorganisation or liquidation of credit institutions, finance companies, investment firms, electronic money institutions and payment institutions.

Article L613-26

Notwithstanding the provisions of article L. 631-1 of the French Commercial Code, credit institutions or finance companies that are unable to ensure their payments, immediately or in the near future,…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Legal proceedings

Article L623-26

Events occurring prior to the publication of the issue of the certificate shall not be deemed to have infringed the rights attached to the certificate. However, acts committed after notification of a…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 6: Specific procedures for group actions in the field of competition

Article L623-26

As an exception to the provisions of Article L. 623-7, the judge may order provisional enforcement of the judgment referred to in Article L. 623-4 with regard to advertising measures only, to enable c…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Paragraph 3: Operation

Article R121-26

The Office français de l'immigration et de l'intégration may take in civil servants on secondment or secondment, as well as civil servants from public or private bodies managing a public service, with…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Working hours.

Article L6222-26

Night work as defined in article L. 3163-1 is prohibited for apprentices under the age of eighteen. However, exemptions may be granted under the conditions set out in article L. 3163-2 for the establi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: EC type-examination

Article R4313-26

In the case of machinery, the application for EC type-examination shall be accompanied by a copy of the model or an indication of the place where the model may be examined. In the case of personal pro…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Periodic examinations.

Article R4626-26

Employees receive a medical examination at least every twenty-four months. Medical examinations or, pursuant to the first paragraph of article R. 4623-31, nursing interviews may be carried out more fr…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 9: Sociétés anonymes à participation ouvrière.

Article L225-264

Each participant has one vote at the general meeting of the workers' cooperative. The articles of association may, however, allocate several votes to participants, depending on the amount of their sal…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Accommodation

Article L4424-26

The territorial collectivity of Corsica defines its housing priorities within the framework of the development plan, in particular, in the light of proposals sent to it by the communes. The Assembly o…

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