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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Biological procedures used in medically assisted procreation

Article R2141-1-3

…of including the procedure on the list mentioned in Article L. 2141-1, the Agence de la biomédecine may add recommendations to its opinion so that research is carried out, in particular research invol…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Operating grants without earmarking

Article L2335-3

…ided for 2016 in III of Article 33 of Law no. 2015-1785 of 29 December 2015 on finance for 2016.For 2017, the same compensation payments, to which the rates of change set since 2009 have been applied,…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: The company pension savings plan

Article D224-12-1

For the application of article L. 224-24, a compulsory inter-company retirement savings plan may be set up by several companies for the benefit of all their employees or one or more categories of empl…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article R441-2-1

…eement provides for the possibility of a reduction in the value of the annuity unit, this reduction may only occur where the ratio between, on the one hand, the sum of the special technical provision…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Inspection.

Article L5313-1

…common specifications or standards concerning the devices mentioned in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/745, transposing the harmonised European standards whose references have been published in the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Trading platforms

Article L763-4

…ting fromL. 421-1 to L. 421-7-2Order no. 2016-827 of 23 June 2016 L. 421-7-3 Law no. 2019-486 of 22 May 2019 L. 421-7-4 and L. 421-7-5 Ordinance no. 2016-827 of 23 June 2016 L. 421-8 Order no. 2007-54…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Trading platforms

Article L764-4

…ting fromL. 421-1 to L. 421-7-2Order no. 2016-827 of 23 June 2016 L. 421-7-3 Law no. 2019-486 of 22 May 2019 L. 421-7-4 and L. 421-7-5 Ordinance no. 2016-827 of 23 June 2016 L. 421-8 Order no. 2007-54…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Trading platforms

Article L762-4

…ting fromL. 421-1 to L. 421-7-2Order no. 2016-827 of 23 June 2016 L. 421-7-3 Law no. 2019-486 of 22 May 2019 L. 421-7-4 and L. 421-7-5 Order no. 2016-827 of 23 June 2016 L. 421-8 Order no. 2007-544 of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: General provisions.

Article L1142-5

…2° In companies not subject to the obligation to negotiate under articles L. 2232-21 and L. 2232-24; 3° In companies not covered by an agreement or an extended branch agreement relating to equal pa…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Temporary work

Article R1255-2

…yees of this company, to these public facilities, in disregard of the provisions of article L. 1251-24, this person will be punished by a fifth-class fine. A repeat offence under this article is punis…

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