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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Agreements relating to unemployment insurance.

Article L5422-20-1

Prior to the negotiation of the agreement referred to in article L. 5422-20 whose approval is coming to an end, or the negotiation of the agreement referred to in article L. 5422-25, and after consult…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Sub-section 6: Conditions for informing relatives

Article R1131-20-3

Before prescribing the examination of genetic characteristics referred to in article R. 1131-20-1, the prescribing doctor shall ask the person whether he or she has donated gametes or, where applicabl…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter III: Group action

Article L623-16

In the event of non-performance by the trader, in respect of consumers who have accepted compensation, of the decision given within the time limit set, Articles L. 623-19 and L. 623-20 are applicable…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Agency agreement

Article L132-20-3

I.-The right to authorise the simultaneous, unabridged and unchanged retransmission, other than cable retransmission as defined in III of article L. 132-20-1 and meeting the conditions mentioned in II…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Agency agreement

Article L132-20-4

The right to authorise a signal distributor to represent a work under the conditions mentioned in article L. 122-2-4 may only be exercised by a collective management organisation.If this organisation…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Powers

Article L621-20-1

…and documents relating thereto. Subject to the provisions of the third paragraph of Article L. 632-16, the public prosecutor may obtain from the AMF disclosure of all information held by the AMF in t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Hosting of paper-based personal health data

Article R1111-16

…ster for Culture under the conditions defined by articles 20-5 to 20-8 and 20-10 to 20-13 of decree no. 79-1037 of 3 December 1979 relating to the competence of public archive services and to cooperat…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Rights of the holder of the pharmaceutical dossier

Article R1111-20-6

The holder of the pharmaceutical record may request the closure of his record at any time from the Conseil national de l'ordre des pharmaciens. The Conseil national de l'ordre des pharmaciens will not…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter one: Setting the rates used to calculate direct local taxation

Article 1640 H

For the application of articles 1609 nonies C, 1636 B sexies, 1636 B decies, 1638-0 bis, 1638 and 1638 quater to communes and public establishments for inter-communal cooperation with their own tax sy…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Composition and management of the plan.

Article L3332-16

…e fund's assets may be invested in company shares. Notwithstanding the provisions of article L. 214-165 of the French Monetary and Financial Code, the members of the Supervisory Board are elected by a…

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