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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Trade union delegate, mandated employee, member of the staff delegation to the inter-company social and economic committee and employee adviser

Article R2421-18

The request for authorisation for the individual or collective contractual termination of the employment contract of a trade union delegate, a mandated employee, a member of the inter-company social a…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Means of communication and exchange of information

Article R3122-14

With the exception of the cases provided for in articles R. 3122-4 and R. 3122-9, the conceding authority chooses the means of communication with the economic operators. This choice is indicated in th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Criminal penalties

Article R1312-11

Persons guilty of the offences provided for in articles R. 1312-9 and R. 1312-10 shall also be liable to the additional penalty of confiscation of the thing that was used or intended to be used to com…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 6: Health project

Article R1442-16

For their application to Guadeloupe, Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Martin, the provisions mentioned in article R. 1434-4 to R. 1434-9 apply, where applicable, for each of the specific sections mentioned…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Issue.

Article R5132-11

The provisions of articles R. 5132-9 and R. 5132-10 do not apply to family planning or education centres and university student health services in the event of contraception being supplied to a minor…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Conditions of professional competence.

Article R512-10

I.-Subject to the provisions of articles R. 512-9 and R. 512-12, the intermediaries referred to in 3° and 4° of I of article R. 511-2 and the employees referred to in a and c to f of 5° of the same ar…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R2651-1

Subject to the adaptations provided for in this Title, the following provisions shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands to public contracts concluded by the State or its public establishments, su…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Import and export of embryonic stem cells for research purposes.

Article R2151-15

The Director General of the Agence de la biomédecine shall authorise the import and export of embryonic stem cells for research purposes, after obtaining the opinion of the Steering Committee. This au…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Creation of the solvency margin.

Article R334-17

The solvency margin referred to in Article L. 334-1 is made up, after deduction of losses, the portion of acquisition costs not recognised as a representation of regulated commitments and other intang…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Setting up a collective shop

Article L125-9

Collective shops of independent traders already created through a legal person may, by way of adaptation or transformation, be placed under the regime provided for by this chapter. Any member may, by…

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