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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Information system concerning jobseekers and employees

Article R5312-41

…b seekers; 3° The national bank account file (FICOBA2), referred to in Article 2 of the Order of 14 June 1982 relating to the extension of an automated system for managing the bank account file, to ch…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope and definitions

Article R5124-2

…sory health insurance schemes, on behalf of pharmacists or the structures mentioned in article D. 5125-24-1, with a view to distributing them wholesale and as is;6° Wholesale distributor of pharmaceut…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 3: Pre-trial detention

Article 145

The liberty and custody judge to whom an order is referred by the investigating judge seeking the detention of the person under investigation shall cause that person to appear before him, assisted by…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Data controllers and data processors

Article R1111-26

The digital health space is designed and implemented under the joint responsibility of the Minister for Health and the Caisse nationale de l'assurance maladie. The Minister for Health is responsible f…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Common provisions.

Article D6124-478

In surgical and medical nursing homes, inpatient rooms must not contain more than six beds. These must be accessible from three sides and the distance between two beds must not be less than one metre.…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title IX: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article L595-1

…e following provisions are applicable in French Polynesia in their wording resulting from Ordinance no. 2020-1733 of 16 December 2020, unless otherwise stated or reference is made to their application…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title IX: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article L596-1

…the following provisions are applicable in New Caledonia in their wording resulting from Ordinance no. 2020-1733 of 16 December 2020, unless otherwise stated or reference is made to their application…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Duties and activities of pharmacies

Article L5125-1

…ispensing of the medicinal products, products and articles mentioned in articles L. 4211-1 and L. 5125-24 and, under the conditions defined by decree, of experimental or ancillary medicinal products,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Pharmaceutical products.

Article L5521-1

…is Part, with the exception of Article L. 5121-9-1, as well as Articles L. 5122-1, L. 5124-13, L. 5125-1-1 and 6° of Article L. 5125-32 are applicable to Wallis and Futuna, subject to the adaptations…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter V: Special provisions relating to certain uses of orphan works

Article L135-3

…ticle 3 of the aforementioned Directive 2012/28/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 for the purposes of entering this information in the database established by this Of…

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