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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Specific provisions applicable to clinical investigations of devices referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017

Article L1125-30

Subject to the provisions of articles L. 1123-15 to L. 1123-20, the provisions of this chapter apply to clinical investigations which are classified as national defence secrets within the meaning of a…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IV: Provisions applicable in French Polynesia.

Article L942-4

In articles L. 225-25 and L. 225-72, the reference to articles 20 and 21 of law no. 88-1201 of 23 December 1988 relating to undertakings for collective investment in transferable securities and creati…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Offences committed by a person other than the employer or his delegate.

Article L4741-9

Any person other than those referred to in article L. 4741-1 who, through his or her own fault, fails to comply with the provisions of articles L. 4321-2, L. 4321-3, L. 4411-1, L. 4411-2, L. 4411-6, L…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Criminal provisions.

Article L7124-33

Failure to comply with the provisions of article L. 7124-20 is punishable by a fine of 6,000 euros. A repeat offence is punishable by two years' imprisonment.

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE III: Provisions applicable in New Caledonia.

Article L936-8

For the application of articles L. 622-24, L. 622-26, L. 625-4, L. 626-5, L. 626-20, L. 631-18, L. 641-14 and L. 662-4, the institutions mentioned in article L. 143-11-4 of the Labour Code are the New…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE IV: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN FRENCH POLYNESIA

Article L5841-1

…aced by the words: "haut-commissaire de la République"; 2° The words: "du ou des représentants de l'Etat" are replaced by the words: "du haut-commissaire de la République"; 3° The words: "of the repre…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Medical biology

Article L6433-1

Articles L. 6211-3 and L. 6211-3-1 are applicable to Wallis and Futuna in the wording resulting respectively from Law no. 2023-379 of 19 May 2023 on improving access to care by trusting healthcare pro…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Breach of contract.

Article L1237-16

…ment contracts resulting from : 1° Agreements resulting from the negotiations mentioned in articles L. 2242-20 and L. 2242-21 ; 2° Employment protection plans under the conditions defined by Article L…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE VI: FINANCIAL AND ACCOUNTING PROVISIONS

Article L3664-1

Metropole de Lyon is obliged to:1° Expenditure relating to the operation of the deliberative bodies and the upkeep of the Hôtel de la Métropole;2° Expenditure relating to the functional allowances pro…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 1: Transfers between insurance undertakings and supplementary occupational pension funds

Article L384-1

Insurance undertakings and their branches mentioned in 1° of Article L. 310-2 as well as the French branches of insurance undertakings mentioned in 4° of the same Article may be authorised, under the…

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