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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 6: Participation of midwives in medically assisted procreation activities

Article D4151-20

…blishments authorised to carry out these activities pursuant to article L. 2142-1. Liberal midwives may also participate in the clinical activities of medically assisted procreation when they interven…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 7: Radiation .

Article R4722-20

…1333-29 of the Public Health Code and the agents referred to in article L. 1333-30 of the same code may ask the employer to carry out the measurements referred to in article R. 4451-15 or the checks o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Youth employment contract

Article R5131-20

…in 2° of article D. 5131-23. II - Resources other than those mentioned in I and article R. 5131-24 may be combined in full with the allowance.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Care without consent

Article R6123-200

…be authorised for "child and adolescent psychiatry". Exceptionally, a minor over the age of sixteen may be cared for by a holder of both the "care without consent" and "adult psychiatry" authorisation…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Court reconciliation software

Article 230-20

…rity of the minister responsible for the budget entrusted with carrying out judicial investigations may implement, under the control of the judicial authority, software intended to facilitate the expl…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Supplementary provisions

Article D3142-20

In the absence of an agreement mentioned in article L. 3142-32, the departure on sabbatical leave may be deferred by the employer under the conditions mentioned in the first paragraph of article L. 31…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Participation of private healthcare professionals in the work of public health institutions

Article R6146-20

…paragraph of article L. 6146-1 not to create centres of activity, the director of the establishment may, on the proposal of the chairman of the establishment's medical commission, appoint a doctor qua…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Determination of taxable profit

Article 209 B

…icle 223 A bis. 4. The tax paid locally by the company or legal entity, established outside France, may be offset against the tax established in France, provided that it is comparable to corporation t…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Rights and obligations attached to plant variety certificates

Article L623-20

The State may obtain ex officio, at any time, for the needs of national defence, a licence to exploit a plant variety which is the subject of an application for a certificate or a breeder's certificat…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: General information

Article 205 A

…icable tax law, are not genuine having regard to all the relevant facts and circumstances. A scheme may comprise several stages or parts. For the purposes of this Article, an arrangement or series of…

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