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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Distribution and supply of labile blood products

Article R1221-20-1

…ensuring the supply of labile blood products, the safety of these products and their traceability; 2° It must have a doctor or pharmacist with the qualifications mentioned in article R. 1222-23 and a…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Judicial police officers

Article R7

…him from among the first advocates general and advocates general at the Cour de cassation, chairman;2° The director general of the national gendarmerie or his representative ;3° The head of the genera…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Development grant

Article R2334-6

For the application of article L. 2334-20, the data to be taken into account is assessed at 1 January of the year preceding the financial year for which the allocation is made, with the exception of t…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: The guarantee fund.

Article R334-7

The guarantee fund of the undertakings referred to in article L. 310-3-2 authorised to operate in one or more of the classes referred to in 1 to 18 of articles R. 321-1 of this Code, R. 211-2 of the M…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Scope of collective bargaining

Article L3142-65

…that, a branch agreement or agreement shall determine: 1° The maximum total duration of the leave ; 2° The time limit within which the employee must send his request for leave to the employer; 3° The…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter IX: Branches of insurance undertakings whose head office is situated in a State which is not a party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article L329-1

The undertakings referred to in 4° of I of Article L. 310-2 may not carry on the operations referred to in Article L. 310-1 in the territory of the French Republic unless they have obtained administra…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter V: Development of cross-border apprenticeships

Article L6235-4

…of derogation from I, the following provisions do not apply: 1° Articles L. 6222-42 to L. 6222-44 ; 2° Where the practical part of the apprenticeship training is carried out in the border country, 2°…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Legitimate possession and lawful obtaining of a business secret

Article L151-3

…ollowing are methods of lawfully obtaining a trade secret: 1° An independent discovery or creation; 2° The observation, study, dismantling or testing of a product or object that has been made availabl…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Responsibilities

Article R4413-10

…h its deliberations. It deliberates in particular on: 1° The budget and the administrative account; 2° Borrowings; 3° General action programmes, and in particular multiannual programmes; 4° The annual…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: STAY DOCUMENTS

Article L411-3

Long-stay visas referred to in 1° and 2° of Article

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