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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 3 : Issue of plant variety certificates

Article R623-25

On expiry of the time limit laid down in the preceding article, the person in charge of the tasks falling within the remit of the national plant variety authority shall decide on the application. He m…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Other authorised agents

Article L511-25-1

…ud control officers, the following are authorised to investigate and record breaches of Article L. 412-13:

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Operating resources

Article L612-19

…constitute a separate establishment within the Banque de France within the meaning ofArticle L. 2327-1 of the Labour Code, under the conditions set out in Article L. 142-9. The employees of the depar…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Stock options.

Article L225-178

…rom the exercise of these options does not give rise to the formalities provided for in Article L. 225-142, in the second paragraph of Article L. 225-144 and in Article L. 225-146. It is definitively…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Handling of employers' claims and payment of beneficiaries

Article R6332-25

…the training costs borne by the skills operators is made once the actions mentioned in article L. 6313-1 have been carried out. II - For the actions mentioned in 1° to 3° of article L. 6313-1, the par…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Monitoring of blood-derived medicinal products

Article R5121-191

In health establishments and health cooperation groups authorised under article L. 6133-7 to carry out the tasks of these establishments which do not have an in-house pharmacy which hold blood-derived…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 10: Mandated employee.

Article L2412-10

The fixed-term employment contract of an employee appointed under articles L. 2232-23-1 and L. 2232-26 may only be terminated before expiry of the term due to serious misconduct or unfitness for work…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Prevention of conflicts of interest

Article R8124-15

…rtial and objective performance of his duties, in accordance with the procedures set out in article 25 bis of the aforementioned law of 13 July 1983.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 6: Rights of data subjects

Article R142-25

In accordance with Article 23 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of 27 April 2016 and in order to guarantee the right of residence of legal residents and to combat the illegal entry and residence of foreigne…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Managing Director

Article R411-17

…the Minister for Tourism. He organises and manages the agency. In particular, he is responsible for 1° Proposing and implementing the Agency's guidelines; 2° Ensure the running of the Agency's departm…

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