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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Fate of preserved gametes and germ tissue

Article R2141-22

…examinations mentioned above indicate a risk of transmission of an infectious disease, the gametes may not be donated. The practitioner mentioned in the first paragraph will also enquire about the pe…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: The Board of Directors

Article R7345-1

…sport. The Managing Director of the establishment, the Budget Controller and the Accounting Officer may attend meetings of the Board of Directors in an advisory capacity, as may any person whose prese…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter I: PROVISIONS SPECIFIC TO BOOK I

Article R2641-1

…he word "European" is deleted; 5° Article R. 2131-1 reads as follows:"Art. R. 2131-1 -The purchaser may make known his intention to award a contract by the publication, for the contracting authority,…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
13° : Tax credit for expenditure on publishing musical works

Article 220 septdecies

…ithin the meaning of Article L. 132-1 of the Intellectual Property Code, subject to corporation tax may benefit from a tax credit in respect of the expenses mentioned in III of this article incurred w…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: General information

Article 205 B

I.-For the purposes of this article and articles 205 C and 205 D, the following definitions shall apply: 1° Hybrid arrangement: a situation in which: a) A payment is made under a financial instrument…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 7: Natural gas distribution

Article D2224-49

…inciples of consistency of methods and independence of financial periods defined in articles L. 123-17 and L. 123-21 of the French Commercial Code and ensures the comparability of data from one financ…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Use of the account for part-time work

Article D4163-25

…n his working time under the conditions provided for in the last four paragraphs of article L. 3123-17, in the third paragraph of article L. 3123-26 and in article L. 4163-10 and according to the proc…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Personal data protection committees and competent authority

Article L1123-7

…and the means employed-the methodology of the research with regard to the provisions of law no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 on data processing, data files and individual liberties, the need to collect an…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions specific to conveyor belts.

Article R342-26

The duties performed by the project manager provided for in article R. 342-4 include at least : a) Checking that the conveyor has been installed correctly; b) Checking that its safety systems are work…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Exclusive right of exploitation

Article L613-3

In the absence of the consent of the owner of the patent, the following are prohibited:a) The manufacture, offering, placing on the market, use, import, export, transhipment, or possession for the afo…

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