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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Procedure applicable to the interoperability of technological measures

Article R331-38

…omply with the commitments accepted by the Autorité de régulation de la communication audiovisuelle et numérique in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article R. 331-34 or in the event of fail…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Role of blood transfusion establishments.

Article R1221-38

…cle R. 1221-37. Decisions by the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé (French Agency for the Safety of Medicines and Health Products) taken after…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Sub-section 3: Provisions relating to sports betting bans

Article R131-38

…7 may concern categories of personal data relating to:1° The identity of the person subject to the betting ban provided for in c) of article L. 131-16 (surname, given name, date and place of birth);2°…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 5: School transport (R).

Article R1614-38

The model of the standardised documents referred to in article R. 1614-37 is set by joint order of the Minister of the Interior, the Minister of National Education and the Minister of Planning, Housin…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Compulsory licences and expropriation for national defence purposes

Article R613-38

The provisions of Article R. 613-37 shall apply, independently of the action to fix the remuneration for the ex officio licence, to any proceedings relating to a dispute arising from the enforcement o…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Policyholder and beneficiary information and pricing

Article Annexe art. A132-4

…payment terms ;d) time limit and conditions for cancelling the contract ;e) formalities to be completed in the event of a claim;f) Additional details relating to certain categories of contract:-life…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions applicable to requests for information received by the French services

Article R49-38

…tpone their response if they are unable to provide the information requested within the time limit set pursuant to Article R. 49-37. They shall indicate the reasons for this postponement to the compet…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Contributions and equalisation of costs.

Article D5424-38

The rates of contributions are calculated in such a way as to ensure that the costs are equalised between all the companies liable for contributions at national level, while taking into account the sp…

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Conditions governing access to the judicial and legal professions for certain commercial court registrars.

Article R742-38

Within six months of the completion of the probationary period provided for in article R. 742-35, the court clerk shall again refer the matter to the commission so that it may examine, in the light of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Complaints

Article R4163-38

The Commission may validly rule if one of the members mentioned in 1° of Article R. 4163-37 and one of the members mentioned in 2° of the same article are present. Opinions are adopted by majority vot…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
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