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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Prenatal diagnosis.

Article L2161-1

…of carrying out prenatal diagnosis without having received the authorisation referred to in article L. 2131-1 of the Public Health Code is punishable by two years' imprisonment and a fine of €30,000.…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Professional equality between women and men and quality of life and working conditions

Article L2242-19-1

The negotiations provided for in article L. 2242-17 may also cover the quality of working conditions, in particular health and safety at work and the prevention of occupational risks. It may rely on r…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Departmental committee for psychiatric care.

Article L3223-1

The commission provided for in article L. 3222-5 : 1° Is informed, under the conditions laid down in Chapters II and III of Title I of this Book, of any decision to admit a person to psychiatric care,…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Payments into the time savings account

Article L3343-1

…erve, the sums he has paid into a company savings plan and those paid by the company under articles L. 3332-11 to L. 3332-13 and L. 3334-10. When rights to paid leave have been accumulated in return f…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Common provisions

Article L1453-13

…of this chapter, and in particular: 1° The definition of the health services referred to in article L. 1453-5 ; 2° The content of the agreement provided for in article L. 1453-8 , in particular when i…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Chapter 3: Cafés and public houses

Article L313-1

The rules governing the manufacture, sale and consumption of beverages are set out in articles L. 3331-2 and L. 3332-11 of the Public Health Code and articles L. 3335-3 and L. 3335-4 of the same code,…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter IV: Concession contracts concluded by a contracting entity

Article L3214-1

…one or more contracting authorities, one or more contracting entities referred to in 1° of Article L. 1212-1 or an economic operator where they benefit from an exclusive right by virtue of a provisio…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter V: Public body responsible for adult vocational training

Article L5315-1

…strial and commercial public body contributes to the public employment service mentioned in article L. 5311-1. To this end: 1° It participates in the training and qualification of people who are furth…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Preliminary chapter

Article L230-1

…of the National Sports Agency, sports federations approved under the conditions defined in article L. 131-8 and professional leagues, to ensure the protection of athletes' health and combat doping. T…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Collective disputes.

Article L2623-1

Instead of the regional conciliation commissions provided for in Articles L. 2522-1 and L. 2522-7 of this Code and inArticle L. 718-8 of the Rural and Maritime Fishing Code, a conciliation commission…

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