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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Personal protective equipment

Article R4311-11

…1° Personal protective equipment designed and manufactured specifically for the armed forces or the maintenance of law and order; 2° Personal protective equipment intended for the protection or safegu…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Financing

Article R4236-9

University hospitals devote a minimum percentage of 0.50% of the remuneration of their pharmacists, within the meaning ofarticle L. 242-1 of the Social Security Code, to the financing of continuing pr…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section V: Information to be provided to the supervisory authorities by groups.

Article L356-21

…upervision. The provisions of this paragraph are without prejudice to the application of law no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 on data processing, data files and individual liberties. II - Without prejudice…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Supervision of the financial system, cooperation and exchanges of information on national territory.

Article L631-2-3

…er the conditions provided for in the last paragraph of II of Article 6 of Ordinance No. 58-1100 of 17 November 1958 on the functioning of parliamentary assemblies;4° To the Cour des Comptes (Court of…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter Ie: Transparency and control procedures

Article R321-16

…ng that deducted in respect of management fees on the one hand and the provisions of Article L. 324-17 on the other hand; 5° The amount of any income from the exploitation of rights which has been dis…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Special provisions relating to the digital exploitation of unavailable books

Article L134-4

…paragraph of this II, is without prejudice to the application of the articles L. 132-12 and L. 132-17.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter V: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN FRENCH POLYNESIA

Article L155-2

…f the Ministry of the Interior departments, under the conditions laid down by the rules in force in mainland France pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of 27 April 2016 and by Act No. 78-17 of 6 Janu…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 6: Foreign nationals aged between sixteen and eighteen who declare that they wish to work

Article L421-35

…16, or the resident permit bearing the words "long-term resident-EU" provided for in article L. 426-17.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Temporary work.

Article L1255-2

…t sending the employee a written assignment contract within the period specified in Article L. 1251-17 ; 2° Disregarding the provisions relating to minimum remuneration set out in the first paragraph…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Aggravated risks

Article L1141-3

…le de l'informatique et des libertés, which shall give an opinion on its compliance with law no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 relating to data processing, files and freedoms. In the absence of an agreement…

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