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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Definition, assimilation and classification.

Article 28

The type of goods is the designation assigned to them by the Common Customs Tariff. Decrees issued by the Minister for the Economy and Finance may prescribe the use of the coding elements of the nomen…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Economic rights

Article L122-2-2

…ory. The rights provided for by this code may then be exercised against the operator of the station;2° When the uplink to the satellite is not made from a station located in a Member State of the Euro…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Qualifications for jury service

Article 256

…ons whose bulletin no. 1 of the criminal record mentions a conviction for a felony or misdemeanour; 2° (Repealed); 3° Those who are in a state of indictment or in absentia and those who are under warr…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 6: Data processing by the Commission for access to third-party donor data by persons born of medically assisted procreation

Article R2143-20

…when their application is submitted, the information provided for in Article 13 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of 27 April 2016, as well as information on the limitations of their rights provided for in…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Procedure applicable to in vitro diagnostic medical devices undergoing a performance evaluation.

Article R5221-23

As part of the procedure applicable to in vitro diagnostic medical devices undergoing an assessment of their performance, the manufacturer must draw up a declaration containing the data enabling the d…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Possibility of an agreement and specific terms and conditions resulting therefrom.

Article L1233-24-2

The collective agreement referred to in article L. 1233-24-1 concerns the content of the job protection plan referred to in articles L. 1233-61 to L. 1233-63. It may also cover : 1° The procedures for…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Retirement

Article D1237-2-2

…ng in the fight against cardiac arrest and in life-saving techniques as provided for in article L. 1237-9-1. The time spent on this training is considered as working time. The awareness campaign takes…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Drinking water.

Article L1321-2-2

…fication to one or more of the protection perimeters or related easements mentioned in article L. 1321-2 of this Code is required, the public enquiry is conducted in accordance with a simplified proce…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Overseas departments

Article 295

…oods carried out within the limits of each of the departments of Guadeloupe, Martinique and Réunion;2° Sales and imports of rice into the department of Réunion;3° (Repealed)4° (Repealed)5° In the depa…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1a: Declaration of the manufacture, import and distribution of excipients

Article R5138-2-2

…here applicable, its other activities and the certifications it holds in respect of its activities; 2° Technical information relating to the activities of manufacturing, importing or distributing exci…

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