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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: European patents and European patents with unitary effect

Article L614-16-2

…er of unitary protection conferred by a patent of acts transferring or amending the rights attached to a European patent with unitary effect renders these acts enforceable against third parties.

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Responsibilities in the area of policy for continuous improvement in the quality and safety of care

Article R6144-2-1

The hospital medical committee helps to draw up projects relating to the conditions under which users are received and cared for, in particular : 1° Reflection on the ethics associated with medical ca…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Cross-industry agreements.

Article L2232-2-1

The recognised representativeness of a category-based trade union organisation affiliated to a category-based trade union confederation in respect of the employees it is statutorily entitled to repres…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General principles relating to research involving the human person

Article L1121-16-2

Articles L. 1121-4 and L. 1121-15 do not apply to non-interventional research involving cosmetic or food products where such research is included in a list established by order of the Minister for Hea…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Judicial measures to prevent recidivism in terrorism and rehabilitation

Article 706-25-18

The decision provided for in Article

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Judicial measures to prevent recidivism in terrorism and rehabilitation

Article 706-25-16

I.-Where a person has been sentenced to an unsuspended custodial sentence of five years or more for one or more of the offences referred to in Articles 421-1 to 421-6 of the Criminal Code, excluding t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Judicial measures to prevent recidivism in terrorism and rehabilitation

Article 706-25-17

The situation of detainees likely to be subject to the measure provided for in Article 706-25-16 is examined, at the request of the anti-terrorist public prosecutor, at least three months before the d…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Judicial measures to prevent recidivism in terrorism and rehabilitation

Article 706-25-19

The decisions of the Paris Sentence Enforcement Court provided for in this section may be appealed in accordance with the second paragraph of Article 712-1.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Operations of strategic interest to the French economy abroad

Article R442-11-2

The political, catastrophic and monetary risks covered under the guarantee referred to in article R. 442-11-1 are realised under the following conditions.The political risk arises when performance of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Pre-assessment and request for treatment

Article R6323-11-2

The employee referred to in article R. 6323-9-1 who meets one of the seniority conditions provided for in this article may submit a request to the competent regional inter-professional joint committee…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
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