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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article D6211-5

An order of the Minister for Health shall determine the nature of the samples to be kept after the analytical phase has been completed, as well as the duration and conditions of storage of these sampl…

AI translation · Updated 30 Oct 2023Open Article
French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: International trade mark

Article R717-5

The time limit for filing an opposition, in accordance with Article L. 712-4, runs from the publication of the Gazette by the World Intellectual Property Organisation. The opposition is notified to th…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Harvesting haematopoietic cells collected from bone marrow or peripheral blood from a donor of full age who is the subject of a legal protection measure with representation relating to the person

Article R1241-5

When the donor of haematopoietic cells taken from bone marrow or peripheral blood is the subject of a legal protection measure with representation relating to the person, the information given to the…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Control of plant and animal species harmful to human health

Article R1338-5

In order to prevent the appearance or to combat the proliferation of the species appearing on the list provided for in article L. 1338-1 and which are likely to harm human health, any owner, tenant, o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Referral to and decision by the court.

Article R631-5

Where, in the case provided for in the second paragraph of Article L. 631-3, the court is seised at the request of the public prosecutor, Article R. 631-4 is applicable to the heirs of the debtor whos…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Resources and expenditure of the inter-company social and cultural activities committee

Article R2312-56

For the assessment of the thresholds mentioned in article L. 2315-37 and in sub-section 9 of section 3 of chapter V of title I of book III of the second part of the present code, all the resources rec…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Delegation hours

Article R2315-5

The time provided for in Article L. 2315-7 may be used cumulatively up to a maximum of twelve months. This rule may not result in a member having more than one and a half times the number of delegatio…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Supplementary provisions

Article D3142-56

In the absence of an agreement or convention mentioned in article L. 3142-73, the employee shall inform the employer by any means capable of providing a date certain, at least thirty days or 48 hours…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: General provisions

Article D3311-5

For budgets voted by type, the budget article corresponds to the most detailed subdivision of the nomenclature defined by the decree provided for in article L. 3312-2, supplemented, for programmes, by…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Partial access

Article R4002-5

In the case of an application for partial access for the purpose of establishing or providing a service, the competent authority shall refuse to issue the authorisation requested if it considers that…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
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