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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 R2143-19

The data mentioned in 1° of I of article R. 2143-17 are kept for a period of fifty years from the date of their recording in the processing. The data mentioned in 3° of I of article R. 2143-17 are kep…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Administrative procedure

Article L741-7

The decision to place the foreign national in detention may not be taken before seven days have elapsed since the end of a previous detention order made with a view to enforcing the same measure. Howe…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter V: Investigating courts

Article 823

For the application of the provisions of Article 145 in the territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands, the examining magistrate may order the provisional incarceration of the person under investigati…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection II: Governance of the plan

Article A144-2

Payments made by members of a plan are made payable to the insurance company and are deposited directly into the account(s) referred to in article R. 144-10. Such payments may also be made payable to…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Entreprises de travail temporaire d'insertion.

Article L5132-6-1

Notwithstanding the provisions of article L. 5132-6, temporary work integration agencies may enter into open-ended contracts, as referred to in article L. 1251-58-1, with people aged at least fifty-se…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Composition

Article R4422-6

The section for culture, the Corsican language and education comprises seventeen members, including:1° Ten representatives of bodies involved in the cultural life of Corsica or the promotion of the Co…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 9: Interventional activity under medical imaging in neuroradiology

Article R6123-109-3

Authorisation may only be granted if the holder can provide cerebral and vascular exploration by scanner and MRI, on site, twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week.The holder of the medical imaging…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R2651-1

…3 August 2021R. 2162-5 to R. 2162-23R. 2162-25 to R. 2162-35R. 2162-37 to R. 2162-66In Title VIIR. 2171-1 to R. 2171-3R. 2171-15Resulting from decree no. 2019-748 of 18 July 2019R. 2171-16Resulting fr…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R2661-1

…August 2021R. 2162-5 to R. 2162-23R. 2162-25 to R. 2162-35 R. 2162-37 to R. 2162-66 In Title VIIR. 2171-1 to R. 2171-3 R. 2171-15Resulting from decree no. 2019-748 of 18 July 2019R. 2171-16Resulting f…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Deeds relating principally to loans, debts and securities involved in economic activity

Article A444-134

…n accordance with the following scale:Base rates Applicable rate 0 to €6,500 2.580% From €6,500 to €17,000 1.064% From €17,000 to €60,000 0.709% More than €60,000 0.532%b) Where it is involved in an a…

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