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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Removal of embryonic or foetal tissues or cells for scientific purposes following termination of pregnancy.

Article R1241-21

The Director General of the Agence de la biomédecine shall forward to the Minister for Research, within the time limit laid down in Article R. 1232-18, as necessary, any information revealing that the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Characteristic features of residential premises

Article R1331-21

…which gives onto the open air, if necessary via a glazed area which itself gives onto the open air, and have an opening section allowing sufficient natural ventilation. At least one of these rooms has…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Rules applicable to contracting authorities

Article R2161-19

…shall inform in writing all tenderers whose tenders have not been eliminated pursuant to Article R. 2161-18 of any changes made to the technical specifications or other consultation documents, with th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Creation of delegated communes within a new commune

Article L2113-19

The provisions of Chapter III of Title II of Book I of this Part relating to the mayor and his deputies are also applicable to the deputy mayors and their deputies respectively. However, for the appli…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Operation.

Article L2343-19

…ched within the group may decide to adapt the conditions under which the Group Works Council operates. The agreement will only come into force if the Group Works Council votes in favour.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Specific technical provisions the popular retirement savings plan

Article R144-19

…of the Mutual Code : 1° The capitalisation reserve is constituted for each portfolio of securities and investments which is subject to auxiliary allocation accounting. For the undertakings referred t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Formation of a European holding company.

Article R229-19

…otice stating this inserted in a medium authorised to receive legal announcements at national level and in the Bulletin officiel des annonces civiles et commerciales.This notice shall include, for the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Legal action by trade unions in the event of redundancies

Article D1235-19

The registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt sent to the employee indicates the nature and purpose of the action envisaged by the representative trade union organisation. It also states: 1° T…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Town planning (R).

Article R1614-19

The various standardised forms used for the requests mentioned in article R. 1614-17 or for the declarations mentioned in article R. 1614-18 are provided free of charge by the State.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions common to the various enforcement courts

Article D49-19

Where the sentenced person who is not in custody does not appear for the adversarial hearing, the judge or the sentence enforcement court shall either order that the hearing be postponed to a later da…

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