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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Educational assistance

Article 375-2

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Educational assistance

Article 375-8

The costs of maintaining and educating a child who has been the subject of an educational assistance measure shall continue to be the responsibility of the child's father and mother and ascendants fro…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Downstream

Article L131-30

The guarantor is bound in the same way as the person he has guaranteed. His undertaking is valid even if the obligation he has guaranteed would be null and void for any reason other than a formal defe…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Single chapter.

Article L1111-3

The following are not taken into account when calculating the number of employees in the company:1° Apprentices ;2° Holders of an initiative-employment contract, during the period of allocation of the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Professional secrecy

Article L511-33

I. - Any member of a board of directors or, as the case may be, of a supervisory board, and any person who in any capacity participates in the management or administration of a credit institution, a f…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Groupements de coopération sanitaire.

Article L6133-3

I. - The Groupement de Coopération Sanitaire de Moyennes may be set up with or without capital. Its founding agreement, signed by all its members, is submitted for approval to the Director General of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Laboratory responsible for the biological qualification of the donation.

Article R1222-31

I.-The head of the laboratory for the biological qualification of donations shall ensure compliance with the regulations applicable to analyses relating to the biological qualification of donations an…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: National Council for Periodic Certification

Article D4022-3

I.-The collegiate body meets when convened by its chairman, who determines its annual work programme and sets the agenda for each meeting. The members of the committee receive the notice of meeting at…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Information system for the personal training account and the individual right to training for local elected representatives

Article R6323-35

I.-The holder of a personal training account or individual training rights for local elected representatives has direct access to the personal data concerning him, with a view to filling in and updati…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: EC declaration of conformity.

Article R5211-39

As part of the EC declaration of conformity procedure, the manufacturer shall draw up technical documentation making it possible to assess the conformity of the medical device with the essential requi…

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