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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Activities, holidays.

Article L850

For the purposes of this provision, sick leave and the leave referred to in articles L. 880 and L. 881 are considered as service completed. The administration retains complete freedom to stagger leave…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter Ia: Withholding

Article L521-17-1

…ods suspected of infringing a registered design are detained after a request referred to in article L. 521-14 has been accepted, goods suspected of infringing a registered design may be destroyed unde…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Hospital practitioners.

Article L6152-4

I.-The following apply to the staff mentioned in 1° to 4° ofArticle L. 6152-1: 1° The following provisions of the General Civil Service Code: a) Article L. 115-7 ; b) Article L. 121-3 ; c) Chapter III…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Definitions and missions

Article L721-11

Any person who participates or has participated in the performance of the tasks of the Institut d'émission des départements d'outre-mer is bound by professional secrecy. Any person who participates or…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Medical professions.

Article L4421-1-1

For the application of article L. 4113-14 to Wallis and Futuna, the words: "the representative of the State in the department" are replaced by the words: "the representative of the State in the territ…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Funeral and burial regulations

Article L2213-15

The surveillance operations mentioned in the first paragraph of article L. 2213-14 alone give entitlement to fees, the amount of which, set by the mayor after consulting the municipal council, is betw…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Statutory audit.

Article L823-9

…persons and entities included in the consolidation. Without prejudice to the provisions of Article L. 823-14, certification of the consolidated financial statements is issued in particular after exam…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Financial instruments

Article L743-1

…dicated in the right-hand column of the same table: Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting fromL. 211-1 Ordinance no. 2016-520 of 28 April 2016 L. 211-2 Order no. 2017-1432 of 4 October 2017 L. 2…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Financial instruments

Article L742-1

…cated in the right-hand column of the same table: Applicable articlesIn their wording resulting fromL. 211-1 Ordinance no. 2016-520 of 28 April 2016 L. 211-2 Order no. 2017-1432 of 4 October 2017 L. 2…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Commissions attached to the National Consumer Institute

Article L822-10

The commission mentioned in article L. 822-4 may obtain any information or consult on site any documents that it considers useful for carrying out its duties, without being able to oppose the articles…

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