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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Company mutual funds.

Article R214-214

The following are deemed to be liquid within the meaning of the third paragraph of Article L. 3332-17 of the Labour Code: 1° Transferable securities admitted to trading on a French or foreign regulate…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Compulsory licences in the interests of public health

Article R613-18

…e owner of the patent and, where applicable, to the licensees entered in the National Patent Register.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 3: Time limit for applying for a residence permit

Article R431-8

A foreign national holding a residence document must, in the absence of an application for the issue of a new residence document six months after its expiry date, provide proof once again, in order to…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Public declaration of interests

Article R1451-3

…n accordance with the specifications set out in the standard document provided for in II of article R. 1451-2, by electronic declaration on a single website. They are updated on the declarant's initia…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article R324-1-6

…R. * 421-14 of the town planning code, or a change of use subject to prior declaration und…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Working conditions and organisation of service obligations

Article R6153-1-1

…R. 632-23 and…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Application for substantial modification

Article R1124-13

When the Committee for the Protection of Individuals examines an application for a substantial amendment, the Committee may provide the competent authority with ethically-related comments on elements…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions applicable to companies established in France

Article R123-9

…data and files concerning the declarant shall be deleted from the computer media on which they appear. The declarant will be notified in advance by electronic means.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IV: Judicial measures to prevent recidivism in terrorism and rehabilitation

Article R50-73

The placement of the person concerned referred to in the second paragraph of Article 706-25-17 takes place at the national assessment centre of the prison administration at the request of the chairman…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 6: Data processing by the Commission for access to third-party donor data by persons born of medically assisted procreation

Article R2143-20

…nformation to third-party donors who have contacted it or whom it has contacted pursuant to Article R. 2143-7. II - Persons whose data is processed may exercise their right of access to data concernin…

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