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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Organisations preserving and preparing tissues and cells from the human body with a view to their transfer for scientific use

Article R1243-64

Authorised bodies must be able to provide the following information at any time: 1° The nature and number of samples held ; 2° The characteristics of the samples held; 3° How the samples are prepared;…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Employee information.

Article R3341-6

The summary statement includes the following information and details: 1° Identification of the beneficiary ; 2° A description of his assets acquired or transferred within the company by profit-sharing…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Contractual obligations

Article L315-6

Prior to any contract or offer binding the parties, the contractual terms and conditions are provided, on paper or any other durable medium, under the conditions set out in I of Article L. 314-13 in t…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 3: Foreign nationals with EU long-term resident status in another EU Member State and family members

Article R426-6

The spouse or child who has entered French territory as a minor, mentioned in Articles L. 426-12 or L. 426-13, who applies for the issue of a temporary residence permit bearing the wording "private an…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 7: Mobility within or outside the European Union

Article R6222-67

The agreement concluded between the apprentice and his legal representatives in the case of minors, the employer in France, the employer abroad, the apprentice training centre in France and, where app…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Technical conditions for designation

Article R3115-65

To be designated to carry out antiamaril vaccination, practitioners must: 1° Hold a diploma attesting to university training in either tropical medicine or travel medicine, or provide proof of profess…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction of French courts

Article 689-5

For the application of the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Maritime Navigation and the Protocol for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Fixed P…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IV: Transparency, restrictive competition practices and other prohibited practices.

Article L443-6

The unlawful obtaining, use or disclosure of business secrets, within the meaning of articles L. 151-4, L. 151-5 and L. 151-6, by a purchaser of agricultural and food products is punishable by an admi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER: Financial provisions

Article L2531-6

I. - A. - The employers referred to in article L. 2531-2 are required to make the payment provided for in said article to the bodies or departments responsible for collecting social security contribut…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Processing applications

Article R612-69

If the applicant considers that one or more of the cited elements of the state of the art do not need to be taken into consideration in order to assess, within the meaning of articles L. 611-11 and L.…

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