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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Installation

Article D1442-14

On the day of the public installation of the industrial tribunal, on the occasion of the formal hearing mentioned in 1° of article R. 1423-13, the minutes of the taking of the oath are read out. The c…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions common to the clinical screening of living and deceased donors

Article R1241-19-1

Before any donation, and as part of the general obligations mentioned in article R. 1211-13, tissue or cell donors must meet selection criteria. The general criteria and situations on which the contra…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Professional recovery

Article R645-24

When the judicial representative or the person chosen on the basis of the first paragraph of II or III of article L. 812-2 has completed his assignment, he shall file an end-of-assignment report with…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Machinery and other work equipment

Article R4313-78

…chines, for the cold working of metals, with manual loading or unloading, the moving parts of which may have a travel of more than 6 mm and a speed of more than 30 mm/s; 10° Injection or compression p…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 3: Regulatory capital requirement for groups.

Article R356-23

…he solvency regime of the third country to that established by Chapters I, II and III of this Title may be determined by a delegated act of the Commission adopted pursuant to paragraphs 4 and 5 of Art…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Economic rights

Article L122-5-5

…o the public, museums, archive services or institutions holding film, audiovisual or sound heritage may represent and reproduce an unavailable work, within the meaning of article L. 138-1, which is pe…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Creation and powers

Article L5219-1

I. - On 1 January 2016, a public establishment for intercommunal cooperation with its own tax status, with special status, called the Greater Paris metropolis, is created, bringing together:1° The com…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Distribution and transmission of electricity (R).

Article R2333-105

…nicipalities with a population greater than 2,000 and less than or equal to 5,000;PR = (0.381 P - 1,204) euros for municipalities with a population greater than 5,000 and less than or equal to 20,000…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Public advertising

Article R5122-4

…ce to the provisions of Article L. 5122-7, advertising of a medicinal product to the general public may not include any element which : 1° Makes medical consultation or surgical intervention appear su…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XII: Applications for relief from prohibitions, disqualifications, incapacities or publication measures

Article 702-1

…ure from a criminal conviction or pronounced in the judgment of conviction as an additional penalty may apply to the court that pronounced the conviction or, in the event of multiple convictions, to t…

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