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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2a: Farm-saved seed

Article R623-59

I.-Species, other than those listed in Council Regulation (EC) No 2100/94 of 27 July 1994 on Community plant variety rights, for which farmers have the right, pursuant to Article L. 623-24-1, to use o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: National identification system and register of companies and their establishments.

Article R123-232-1

…agraph 2 of Article 21 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Operations following death (R)

Article R2213-2-1

…uire immediate coffining in a sealed coffin, meeting the characteristics defined in Article R. 2213-27, and its closure; b) The list of transmissible infections that require immediate coffining in a s…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Salary

Article D6222-26

…enticeship contract or period is set at: 1° For young people aged between sixteen and seventeen: a) 27% of the minimum growth wage during the first year of the contract; b) 39% of the minimum growth w…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7: Care of prisoners

Article R6111-39

…emises suitable for admitting prisoners:a) By the health establishment mentioned in article R. 6111-27 when this hospitalisation is of an emergency nature or of very short duration ;b) By a health est…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Organisation and operation.

Article R6113-43

…to the implementation of automated processing of nominative information mentioned in II of article 27 of law no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 relating to information technology, files and freedoms; 8° The…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Use of medical, odontological and pharmaceutical staff for temporary work assignments in public health establishments

Article R6146-26

…the compensation for two periods of additional daytime working time referred to in article R. 6152-27 , to which a hardship allowance is added. This limit is increased by 40% for practitioners workin…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter I: Requirements for capitalisation contracts and certain life insurance contracts

Article A522-1

The information referred to in the fourth paragraph of Article L. 522-5 contains a list of the reference units of account and, for each unit of account, an indication of:i) the performance of the asse…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: PROVISIONS SPECIFIC TO NEW CALEDONIA

Article L732-2

…May 2005 L. 131-71 with the exception of the 2nd sentence of the 3rd paragraphOrder no. 2013-544 of 27 June 2013 L. 131-72 Act no. 2010-737 of 1st July 2010 L. 131-73 Order no. 2016-1808 of 22 Decembe…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: PROVISIONS SPECIFIC TO FRENCH POLYNESIA

Article L733-2

…ay 2005 L. 131-71 with the exception of the 2nd sentence of the 3rd paragraph Order no. 2013-544 of 27 June 2013 L. 131-72 Act no. 2010-737 of 1st July 2010 L. 131-73 Order no. 2016-1808 of 22 Decembe…

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