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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Permanent access to the national health data system for certain public services

Article R1461-14

The processing mentioned in Article R. 1461-11 concerns categories of data from the national health data system which may not exceed the following limits:1° All individual data from the national healt…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Music Ombudsman

Article R214-15

…letter delivered against a receipt or by letter delivered against a signature or by any other means capable of establishing proof of the date of receipt of this notification. Within three months of th…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Provisional and protective measures

Article R716-15

The period provided for in the last paragraph of article L. 716-4-6 and given to the applicant to lodge a civil or criminal action on the merits, or a complaint with the public prosecutor, is twenty w…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Disposals, acquisitions and transfers

Article R1333-153

I.-It is forbidden1° To transfer, whether temporarily or permanently, electrical equipment emitting ionising radiation, accelerators and radioactive sources, whether in return for payment or free of c…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions (R).

Article R2123-14

To benefit from the coverage provided for in article L. 2123-14, the elected representative must prove to the municipality concerned that he or she has suffered a reduction in income as a result of ex…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions relating to safeguard procedures, receivership, compulsory liquidation and conciliation procedures applicable to credit institutions, finance companies, electronic money institutions, payment institutions and investment firms.

Article R613-14

…t holding company, a mixed financial holding company or a mixed holding company, mentioned in 4° to 6° of I of Article L. 613-34, the president of the court shall submit a request for an opinion to th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Out-of-court settlement procedure.

Article R1142-15-1

The provisions of articles R. 1142-14 and R. 1142-15 do not apply to claims for compensation for the harmful consequences of an act performed as part of research involving the human person.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Trusts

Article 238 quater B

I. - Profits or losses and capital gains or losses resulting from the transfer, carried out pursuant to a trust transaction defined in article 2011 of the Civil Code, into a trust estate of assets and…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Procedure for awarding global contracts applicable to purchasers subject to Book IV

Article R2171-15

…ild or performance contracts using one of the procedures mentioned in Articles R. 2124-2 to R. 2124-6 , subject to the provisions of this section.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Building and public works companies out of work due to bad weather.

Article L5424-15

…security charges, is shared at national level between the companies referred to in Article L. 5424-6 on the basis of the wages they pay to their employees. The distribution of costs is carried out by…

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