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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Obligation to declare

Article D5125-38-1

The declaration provided for in article L. 5125-16 is made, prior to operation, by the pharmacist or the private practice company to the regional council of section A of the Ordre des pharmaciens or,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 6: Availability.

Article R6152-66

…rticle R. 351-9 of the Social Security Code. The provisions of article 48-2 of decree no. 85-986 of 16 September 1985 relating to the particular regime of certain positions of State civil servants, to…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Samples taken outside health regions where medical biology laboratories are located

Article R6211-12

The derogation provided for, on public health grounds, in Article L. 6211-16, under which the taking of a biological sample is carried out in one of the health territories in which the medical biology…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable persons

Article 4 B

…therwise. For companies that control other companies under the conditions defined in article L. 233-16 of the French Commercial Code, turnover means the sum of their turnover and that of the companies…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Issue and withdrawal of delegations

Article R131-28-1

…ederation and the professional league it has set up; 6° The regulations mentioned in article L. 131-16 as well as the technical rules including in particular the rules mentioned in articles R. 131-32,…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Absence due to illness or accident.

Article L1226-1-1

…public health, in the event of a serious and exceptional health risk, as provided for inarticle L. 16-10-1 of the Social Security Code, in particular an epidemic, requiring the urgent adoption of app…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions.

Article L1235-2

The reasons set out in the letter of dismissal provided for in articles L. 1232-6, L. 1233-16 and L. 1233-42 may, after notification thereof, be specified by the employer, either on its own initiative…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Temporary work.

Article L1255-2

…ncluding a contract that does not contain the information specified in 1° and 3° of Article L. 1251-16 or that contains such information in a deliberately inaccurate manner, or without sending the emp…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Criminal penalties

Article L1337-1-1

…512-1 of the Mining Code and in article 141 of the Mining Code as amended by decree no. 56-838 of 16 August 1956 on the Mining Code and the texts which have supplemented or amended it, are investiga…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Processing applications

Article L612-12

…initial application; 4° Which relates to an invention that is not patentable under articles L. 611-16 to L. 611-19 ; 5° Whose subject matter cannot be considered an invention within the meaning of 2…

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