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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Automated national register of refusals to take blood samples

Article R1232-13

…l nominative information contained in the register, in accordance with the provisions of Act no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 relating to information technology, files and civil liberties. In addition, it…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R621-48

…s of contractual agents governed by public law are subject to the provisions of Decree no. 86-83 of 17 January 1986 relating to the general provisions applicable to contractual agents of the State, wi…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Rejection of the application

Article R612-50

…ent of partial non-compliance of the description or drawings with the provisions of articles L. 611-17, L. 611-18, L. 611-19 (4°) or L. 612-1, notification shall be given to the applicant. The notific…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: The borough mayor

Article L2511-28

…aragraph of article L. 2122-18 et l'article L. 2122-20.In the cases provided for in Article L. 2122-17, the borough mayor is replaced by one of his or her deputies who is a member of the city council…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Lists of candidates and individual applications

Article R1441-22

…vides documents proving that he satisfies the conditions mentioned in articles L. 1441-6 to L. 1441-17, with the exception of bulletin no. 2 of the criminal record.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Statutory audit.

Article L823-3-1

…o a legal obligation, uses several statutory auditors, under the conditions provided for in Article 17(4)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 537/2014, provided that they submit a joint report on the certificati…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: National Cancer Institute

Article L1415-3

…ct to the provisions of this chapter, this grouping is governed by Chapter II of Law No 2011-525 of 17 May 2011 on simplifying and improving the quality of law. A decree shall specify the procedures f…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 4: Financial contributions from municipalities, public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation and the département to the budget of the departmental and territorial fire and rescue services

Article L1424-36

…l the entry into force of the agreements provided for in articles L. 1424-13, L. 1424-14 et L. 1424-17, the minimum amount of direct and indirect expenditure relating to the staff and goods mentioned…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 5: Termination of the duties of an employed commercial court clerk in the event of termination of the employment contract

Article R743-139-20

…office-holder may, before referring the matter to the committee provided for in article R. 743-139-17, notify the salaried registrar of his immediate dismissal, in the same manner as provided for in…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R6113-7

…° That data concerning them is processed automatically under the conditions laid down by law no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 relating to information technology, files and civil liberties;2° That this data…

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