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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Donation and use of elements and products of the human body.

Article L1542-10

…ew Caledonia and French Polynesia of the decisions taken in application of the preceding paragraphs.3° In Article L. 1243-4 : a) The words: "director of the regional health agency with territorial jur…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2a: Farm-saved seed

Article R623-59

…um hybridum - Hybrid ryegrass; e) Lathyrus spp. - Gesses; 2° Oleaginous plants: Glycine max - Soya; 3° Plants for use as nitrate trap intermediate crops: a) Sinapis alba - White mustard; b) Avena stri…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Conversion of sentences

Article 747-1-1

…ion under electronic surveillance into a sentence of community service or a sentence of days' fine; 3° To convert a sentence of days' fine into a sentence of community service or a sentence of home de…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Calculation of the special profit-sharing reserve.

Article L3324-1

…ng remuneration at the rate of 5% of the company's equity is made from the net profit thus defined; 3° Net profit is increased by the amount of the provision for investment provided for in article L.…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Legal status of in vitro diagnostic medical devices.

Article L5221-2

…g the registration of economic operators for the purposes of issuing the unique registration number;3° Vigilance, for the implementation of Section 2 of Chapter VII of Regulation (EU) 2017/746 ; 4° Po…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Provisions applicable to neighbourhood noise

Article R1336-7

…ss than 10 seconds;2° Five for a duration of more than 1 minute and less than or equal to 5 minutes;3° Four for a duration of more than 5 minutes and less than or equal to 20 minutes;4° Three for a du…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Redundancies in the absence of secondary proceedings

Article R692-10

…oceedings, whether they allow for a restructuring of the business or whether they are liquidatory ; 3° A list of the employees employed on the date of the application to open the proceedings, the name…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions.

Article R712-18

…g to the capital repayment of annual debt repayments falling due before the approval of the budget ;3° Until the budget is approved, if this takes place before 31 March, and after deliberation by the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Aid for property investment and leasing granted to businesses

Article R1511-5

In order to encourage the creation or expansion of economic activities in the investment aid zones for small and medium-sized enterprises for the period 2022-2027 mentioned in Article 3 of Decree no.…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Provisions relating to the recording of hearings in specialised criminal courts

Article A53-10

When the first president of the court of appeal decides to apply the provisions of article 802-3, he shall inform all the civil parties and their respective lawyers by any means. The latter must infor…

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