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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Procedure for authorising the import and export of elements or products of the human body mentioned in Article R. 1245-1 for therapeutic purposes, as provided for in the first and third paragraphs of II of Article L. 1245-5.

Article R1245-11

The Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé keeps an up-to-date list of authorised legal entities or individuals, giving their names and addresses a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L6161-11

The regulatory measures provided for in Article L. 6161-1 shall be determined by decree in the Conseil d'Etat and, unless otherwise provided for and where necessary, the procedures for applying the ot…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Controlling epidemics and certain communicable diseases.

Article L3821-11

Title III of Book I of this Part is applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands in the version resulting from Law no. 2022-1089 of 30 July 2022 putting an end to the exceptional regimes created to com…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section V: Provisions relating to the opening of a branch and the exercise of the freedom to provide services.

Article L321-11

…nch, to carry on business for the first time under the freedom to provide services in the territory of another Member State of the European Union, or to change the nature or conditions under which suc…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Public policy

Article L3142-116

The employer informs the employee of its decision regarding the departure date chosen by the latter. If the employer fails to respond within a period set by decree, his agreement is deemed to have bee…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Management entrusted to a public institution in the absence of an agreement.

Article D5427-11

…the bodies provided for in Article D. 5427-4 in accordance with the terms and conditions set out in Decree no. 55-763 of 26 May 1955.

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Acquisition of French nationality by birth and residence in France

Article 21-11

A minor child born in France to foreign parents may, from the age of sixteen, claim French nationality by declaration, under the conditions set out in articles 26 et seq if, at the time of his declara…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE I: Prevention of business difficulties.

Article L611-11

In the event of the opening of safeguard, receivership or compulsory liquidation proceedings, the persons who had consented, in the context of a conciliation procedure having given rise to the approve…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 18: Medical equipment

Article L224-111

Any professional who markets medical equipment maintenance and repair services shall allow consumers to opt for the use, for certain categories of spare parts, of parts from the circular economy in pl…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General rules for taking leave and going part-time

Article L3142-119

In the absence of an agreement referred to in Article L. 3142-117, the following provisions apply: 1° The maximum duration of the leave or period of part-time work is one year. It may be extended by a…

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