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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Special provisions applicable to studies of the performance of devices referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/746 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017

Article L1126-17

The investigator may ask the person taking part in a performance study, at the time he or she gives informed consent, to agree to his or her data being used in subsequent research exclusively for scie…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Scope of collective bargaining

Article L3121-17

A company or establishment agreement or, failing that, an industry agreement may set a longer break.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: The company during the observation period.

Article L622-17

…iens or security interests, with the exception of those secured by the lien established in articles L. 3253-2, L. 3253-4 et L. 7313-8 of the French Labour Code, legal costs regularly incurred after th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Sole traders with limited liability

Article L526-17

…ith the register to which the individual limited liability entrepreneur belongs pursuant to article L. 526-7 and is subject to publicity. The transfer may not be relied upon as against third parties u…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Prudential provisions

Article L522-17

…e end of the business day following the day on which they were received, as defined in d of Article L. 133-4, shall be deposited in a separate account with a credit institution authorised to receive s…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Organisation of hospitals and universities.

Article L6142-17

…dures for applying the provisions of this chapter, with the exception of those laid down in Article L. 6142-16 , are determined by decree in the Conseil d'Etat, and in particular : 1° The conditions u…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Prohibited activities, checks and investigations

Article L232-17

…titions and events and from exercising the functions and activities mentioned in 2° of I of Article L. 232-23. This ban takes effect on the date of notification of the decision to the Agency. When a p…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: Endowments, grants and miscellaneous funds

Article L2335-17

…tratum and whose land territory is more than 50% covered by a Natura 2000 site mentioned in article L. 414-1 of the Environment Code. The individual allocation is determined in proportion to the popul…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Compensation for victims

Article L1142-17-1

…to suffer permanent physical or mental harm in excess of the percentage mentioned in 1° of article L. 1142-1-1 or death, the Office will make an offer of compensation to the victim or his heirs under…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Schools of territorial chambers of commerce and industry and regional chambers of commerce and industry

Article L711-17

…capital of consular higher education establishments. Where applicable, and notwithstanding Article L. 225-20, the civil liability of representatives of local authorities on the board of directors of…

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