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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Base of professional knowledge and skills

Article D6113-31

The foundation of professional knowledge and skills referred to in I of article D. 6113-30 and the complementary module referred to in III of the same article are each the subject of certification, on…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Common provisions

Article L123-39

A decree in the Conseil d'Etat shall determine the list of information declared and documents transmitted by the person required to register, which shall be entered and filed in the national register…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Collective management bodies

Article L321-3

Collective management organisations allow their members and other rightholders whose economic rights they manage to communicate with them by electronic means, in particular to exercise the rights gran…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Conditions under which foreign nationals may be held in the waiting area

Article L342-3

The foreign national is kept at the disposal of the courts under conditions set by the public prosecutor for the time strictly necessary for the hearing to take place and for the order to be made.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Registration of the application

Article L521-3

When the asylum application is submitted by a foreign national who is in France accompanied by his or her minor children, it is considered to be submitted on his or her behalf and on that of his or he…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7: Observatory for medical and healthcare-related risks

Article L1142-30

With a view to studying the risks associated with healthcare as part of their duties, the authorities, establishments and bodies on a list established by decree shall have access, at their request, to…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Preparation, preservation and use of tissues, cells and their derivatives.

Article L1243-3

Any organisation that has made a prior declaration to the Minister for Research may, for the purposes of its own research programmes, ensure the conservation and preparation for scientific purposes of…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Jurisdiction and powers

Article L532-3

The Cour nationale du droit d'asile may only annul a decision of the Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides and refer the examination of the asylum application back to it when it cons…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Commitments of the private project manager

Article R2432-3

Where the assignment entrusted to the project manager includes assisting the project owner with the award of public works contracts, the public works contract must include an undertaking by the contra…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R233-3

European Union citizens who have entered France to look for work may not be expelled on the grounds that their residence is irregular as long as they are able to provide proof that they are continuing…

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