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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Conditions for meeting the costs of procedures and support and agreements

Article R6422-9

The costs of procedures and support relating to the validation of prior learning include : 1° Travel, meal and accommodation expenses ; 2° The costs of examining the admissibility file as defined inar…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 6: Management of psychiatric emergencies

Article D6124-26-8

When it is not authorised to carry out psychiatric care activities, the establishment authorised to operate an emergency facility and one or more establishments mentioned in 1° of article L. 3221-1 op…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Transparency

Article R6145-82

A university hospital centre which creates a subsidiary, takes control of a company within the meaning of article L. 233-3 of the Commercial Code or participates, directly or indirectly within the mea…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Secondment.

Article R6152-54

Subject to the provisions of article R. 6152-53, compulsory secondment may only be granted when the interests of the service so require, to a post of hospital practitioner in the same discipline and w…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter I: Unit-linked life assurance or capitalisation contracts.

Article R131-1

…131-4, the units or shares referred to in 9° bis of article R. 332-2;3° The shares referred to in 7° of article R. 332-2 and the shares of commercial companies which satisfy the conditions laid down…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Guarantee marks

Article L715-4

In addition to the grounds for refusal or invalidity provided for respectively in Articles L. 712-7 and L. 714-3, a guarantee trade mark shall be refused registration or, if registered, may be declare…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Special provisions applicable to clinical trials on medicinal products

Article L1124-1

…gulation (EC) No 726/2004 and clinical trials of advanced therapy medicinal products as defined in 17° of Article L. 5121-1 may only be carried out in health establishments, at the Établissement franç…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: General information

Article L525-6-1

I. - By way of derogation from article L. 525-3, a provider of electronic communications networks or services may issue and manage electronic money, in addition to electronic communications services,…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 15-3

Officers and agents of the judicial police are obliged to receive complaints lodged by victims of criminal offences, including when these complaints are lodged with a judicial police service or unit t…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Restricted invitation to tender

Article R2161-8

The minimum period laid down in Article R. 2161-7 may be reduced: 1° To ten days if the contracting authority has published a prior information notice which has not been used as a call for tenders and…

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