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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Working hours.

Article L3162-3

No period of uninterrupted actual work may exceed a maximum of four and a half hours for young workers. When the daily working time exceeds four and a half hours, young workers are entitled to a break…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Health record and compulsory examinations.

Article L2132-3

Within eight days, the doctor who has carried out an examination leading to the issue of a health certificate shall send this certificate to the doctor in charge of the departmental maternal and child…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Preventive examinations during and after pregnancy.

Article L2122-3

Whenever the examination of the mother-to-be or the family history makes it necessary, a medical examination of the father-to-be is also carried out, accompanied, if necessary, by appropriate addition…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L2111-3

The conditions under which an active policy of prevention against childhood disabilities is pursued, both in the perinatal context and in that of cerebral pathology and genetic pathology, are determin…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Illegal termination of pregnancy.

Article L2222-3

Termination of pregnancy after prenatal diagnosis without having followed the procedures laid down by law is punishable by two years' imprisonment and a €30,000 fine.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Health-related children's homes.

Article L2321-3

Children from establishments where delinquent minors, minors at risk or minors with sensory, motor, intellectual, character or behavioural disorders are usually educated may not be admitted to childre…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Research on the human embryo, human embryonic stem cells and human induced pluripotent stem cells

Article L2163-3

As stated in Article 511-17 of the Criminal Code, reproduced below: Art. 511-17-The act of conceiving human embryos in vitro or creating them by cloning for industrial or commercial purposes is punish…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Common provisions.

Article L2214-3

Each year, when the Finance Bill is discussed, the Minister for Health publishes a report on demographic developments in the country and on the application of the provisions of this Title.This report…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Single chapter.

Article L2151-3

A human embryo may not be conceived, created by cloning or used for commercial or industrial purposes.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Lactariums.

Article L2323-3

The detailed rules for the application of this chapter, and in particular the technical conditions for the organisation and operation of lactariums, shall be determined by decree.

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