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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 Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Right to title

Article L611-7-1

…paid to the inventor shall be submitted to the conciliation commission instituted by article L. 615-21 or to the law court; 2° All other inventions made belong to this inventor. However, for the durat…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 3: Regulatory capital requirement for groups.

Article R356-23

…nce in accordance with Article 379 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 2015/35 of 10 October 2014. That decision may not contradict a decision previously taken in respect of the third country c…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Administrative police measures

Article L612-34-1

…ithin the meaning of Article L. 511-20, Articles III and IV of Article L. 613-20-4, Articles L. 613-21-3 or L. 613-21-4, as applicable, shall apply.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Disciplinary procedure

Article R4441-27

…shall apply in New Caledonia and French Polynesia: ARTICLES AS AMENDED BY R. 4126-5 Decree no. SPRH2219553D of 27 February 2023 R. 4126-6Decree no. 2007-434 of 25 March 2007 R. 4126-7Decree no. 2019-1…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Conditions for holding municipal office

Article L2573-7

…subject to the adaptations provided for in II to XVIII. APPLICABLE PROVISIONS AS PROVIDED FOR IN L. 2123-1La loi n° 2022-217 du 21 février 2022 relative à la différenciation, la décentralisation, la d…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Flagrant crimes and offences

Article 60-2

…cations operators, and in particular those mentioned in 1 du I de l'article 6 de la loi 2004-575 du 21 juin 2004 pour la confiance dans l'économie numérique, de prendre, sans délai, toutes mesures pro…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Rural solidarity grant.

Article L2334-22-2

I.- By way of derogation, the new communes mentioned in article L. 2113-1 created after the promulgation of law no. 2010-1563 of 16 December 2010 on the reform of local authorities, which have 10,000…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 6: Radiation protection advisor

Article R1333-19

…ion of the provisions relating to the prevention of significant events mentioned in Article R. 1333-21, the investigations and analyses relating to these events and the definition of corrective action…

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