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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Criminal provisions

Article L1133-4-1

Any person who requests the examination of his or her genetic characteristics or those of a third party, or the identification of a person by his or her genetic fingerprints, outside the conditions la…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Provisions common to transferable securities

Article L228-3-4

…s L. 228-2 to L. 228-3-1 or participating in any capacity whatsoever in its direction or management and having, in the course of its professional activity, knowledge of the information referred to in…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4a: The Chamber of Territories

Article D4422-30-4

…ticle D. 4422-30-2 takes place within three months of the general renewal of the municipal councils and the deliberative assemblies of the agglomeration communities and the communities of communes. Wh…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Employment obligation

Article R5212-2-4

…t provides proof of the date of receipt, that the application is complete. If the missing documents and information are not received within one month, the application is deemed to have lapsed. The ass…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Jobseekers

Article D6341-28-4

…payment of 685 euros when they follow a training course approved under the conditions set out in 2° and 3° of article L. 6341-2, as remuneration for trainees.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Contracts with healthcare service providers

Article L1435-4-1

…d from the performance of his/her duties as a general practitioner. This contract complies with a standard contract drawn up by the Union nationale des caisses d'assurance maladie and the ministers re…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Contracts with healthcare service providers

Article L1435-4-2

…n the territories mentioned in the second paragraph of this article or in an area bordering on them and that the commencement of practice is less than one year old. The signatory undertakes, for a per…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Transmission of documents by electronic means

Article R232-41-11

…rantee the reliability of the identification of the recipients, the integrity of the documents sent and the security and confidentiality of exchanges between these persons and the French Anti-Doping A…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 4a: Supervision of the practice of the profession

Article R422-55-4

…r(s) shall immediately inform the Director General of the National Institute of Industrial Property and the President of the Compagnie nationale des conseils en propriété industrielle of any fact, obs…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Powers of the Regional Council

Article L4433-3-4

Overseas regional councils are consulted on plans to award or renew port and airport concessions concerning these regions.

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