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French Public Health CodeIn force
Single section

Article R3354-12

…sample, together with one copy of sheets A and B, to another expert biologist on the same list who may be responsible for carrying out the control analysis. The laboratory or expert biologist who car…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Composition

Article R6147-122

…atives is set at three years, renewable. II.-In compliance with the conditions set out inarticle L. 122-1 of the Code of Relations between the Public and the Administration, the Chief Medical Officer…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Terms of office of board or committee members.

Article L5211-12

…munity of 100,000 inhabitants or more and of a community of communes of 100,000 inhabitants or more may be increased by 40% in relation to the aforementioned scale, provided that the total amount of t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Conditions of validity.

Article L2232-12

…consult employees with a view to validating the agreement. At the end of this period, the employer may ask for this consultation to be organised, in the absence of opposition from all these organisat…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Incapacity resulting from an accident at work or an occupational disease.

Article L1226-12

…er job, it shall inform him/her in writing of the reasons for the refusal to redeploy. The employer may only terminate the employment contract if he can justify either his inability to offer a job und…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Common provisions.

Article R214-122

…te investment resulting from the conversion or demerger of a société civile de placement immobilier may derogate from the provisions of article R. 214-86.When this derogation is used, the information…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Acquisition of French nationality by declaration of nationality

Article 21-12

A child who has been the subject of a simple adoption by a person of French nationality may, until the age of majority, declare, under the conditions set out in the articles 26 et seq, that he or she…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Specific provisions applicable to clinical investigations of devices referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017

Article L1125-12

Clinical investigations may only be carried out in a place that has the human, material and technical resources appropriate to the clinical investigation and compatible with the safety requirements of…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Inventions by civil servants and public officials.

Article R611-12

…with the exploitation of the invention, the civil servant or public agent who is the author thereof may dispose of the economic rights attached thereto, under the conditions laid down in an agreement…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Installation conditions

Article R5125-12

A person who fulfils the conditions laid down in the first paragraph of article L. 5125-2 and intends to practise pharmacy concurrently with one of the professions of doctor, dental surgeon, midwife o…

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